NCSBA Certified Exam
1. NCSBA founding date: January 11, 1917
2. How long has man been harvesting honey (and other products) from
honeybees?: 15,000 years
3. Ways that bees used to be kept?: Destruction of the whole hive, Huber
movable hive
4. Products obtained from a hive: Honey, beeswax, pollen, propolis
5. Importance of honeybees: Pollination of fruits and vegetables
6. What is bee space?: The crawl space that bees need to pass easily between
two structures (3/8 inch is the ideal space). When the space between two
surfaces in the hive is the right size (bee space), the bees will respect the
space and leave it free as their passageway.
7. Langstroth importance: Discovered bee space
8. Charles Dadant: One of the fathers of modern day beekeeping, made a type
of hive, American Bee Journal
9. When did bees arrive in America?: 1622 in the colonies (white man's fly)
10. Queen egg to emergence: 16 days
11. Number of eyes: 5
12. Castes: 2
13. Deformed wing virus: Sign of varroa mite infestation
14. Absconding: When the total colony population leaves a hive; leaving no
provision for a new queen, leaving behind brood & honey
15. Locomotion sector of the bee: thorax
16. Eggs laid multiply or singly in an irregular pattern in a cell are usually a
sign of: laying workers
17. "K-WING", although possibly an indication of Nosema and also: tracheal
mite infestation
18. Four stages of honey bee development: egg, larvae, pupa, adult
19. Proboscis: The sucking part of a honey bee's mouth
20. Drone egg to emergence: 24 days
21. Hemolymph: Blood of a honey bee
22. Worker egg to emergance: 21 days
23. What is used to kill wax moths?: Para dichlorobenzene
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24. Nasanov: A scent gland at the end of a worker's abdomen that releases an
orientation pheromone
25. Italian bee: Apis mellifera ligustica, less defensive and less prone to disease
than their German counterparts, and they are excellent honey producers. very
lightly colored, ranging from a light leather hue to an almost lemon yellow.
26. German bee: A. m. mellifera, hardy strain, able to survive long, cold winters,
susceptible to brood diseases, very dark in color and tends to be very
defensive, rare at this time
27. Caucasian Bee: A. m. caucasica, use an excessive amount of propolis, docile
28. African bee: Apis mellifera scutellata, aggressive, dominant
29. How do bees pollinate?: When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the
flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens—the male reproductive organ
of the flower—sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower,
some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil—the female
reproductive organ of the flower. When this happens, fertilization is possible,
and a fruit, carrying seeds, can develop.
30. Pollination:
31. What crops are dependent on honey bees for pollination?: Alfalfa Apple
Apricot
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cherry
Clovers
Sweetclovers, white and yellow
True clovers
Alsike
Ladino
Red
White Dutch
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1. NCSBA founding date: January 11, 1917
2. How long has man been harvesting honey (and other products) from
honeybees?: 15,000 years
3. Ways that bees used to be kept?: Destruction of the whole hive, Huber
movable hive
4. Products obtained from a hive: Honey, beeswax, pollen, propolis
5. Importance of honeybees: Pollination of fruits and vegetables
6. What is bee space?: The crawl space that bees need to pass easily between
two structures (3/8 inch is the ideal space). When the space between two
surfaces in the hive is the right size (bee space), the bees will respect the
space and leave it free as their passageway.
7. Langstroth importance: Discovered bee space
8. Charles Dadant: One of the fathers of modern day beekeeping, made a type
of hive, American Bee Journal
9. When did bees arrive in America?: 1622 in the colonies (white man's fly)
10. Queen egg to emergence: 16 days
11. Number of eyes: 5
12. Castes: 2
13. Deformed wing virus: Sign of varroa mite infestation
14. Absconding: When the total colony population leaves a hive; leaving no
provision for a new queen, leaving behind brood & honey
15. Locomotion sector of the bee: thorax
16. Eggs laid multiply or singly in an irregular pattern in a cell are usually a
sign of: laying workers
17. "K-WING", although possibly an indication of Nosema and also: tracheal
mite infestation
18. Four stages of honey bee development: egg, larvae, pupa, adult
19. Proboscis: The sucking part of a honey bee's mouth
20. Drone egg to emergence: 24 days
21. Hemolymph: Blood of a honey bee
22. Worker egg to emergance: 21 days
23. What is used to kill wax moths?: Para dichlorobenzene
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24. Nasanov: A scent gland at the end of a worker's abdomen that releases an
orientation pheromone
25. Italian bee: Apis mellifera ligustica, less defensive and less prone to disease
than their German counterparts, and they are excellent honey producers. very
lightly colored, ranging from a light leather hue to an almost lemon yellow.
26. German bee: A. m. mellifera, hardy strain, able to survive long, cold winters,
susceptible to brood diseases, very dark in color and tends to be very
defensive, rare at this time
27. Caucasian Bee: A. m. caucasica, use an excessive amount of propolis, docile
28. African bee: Apis mellifera scutellata, aggressive, dominant
29. How do bees pollinate?: When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the
flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens—the male reproductive organ
of the flower—sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower,
some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil—the female
reproductive organ of the flower. When this happens, fertilization is possible,
and a fruit, carrying seeds, can develop.
30. Pollination:
31. What crops are dependent on honey bees for pollination?: Alfalfa Apple
Apricot
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cherry
Clovers
Sweetclovers, white and yellow
True clovers
Alsike
Ladino
Red
White Dutch
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