Bee Happy Holidays

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  1. 2. What the bees hope Santa has supplied
  2. 4. The day in December when the queen has completely stopped laying. After this her laying increases until the summer one.
  3. 7. If you use the mountain camp method, you may find these in the top of the hive in the spring.
  4. 8. Doing this is a way the beekeeper can keep a wax aroma in the house when bee-contact isn't possible
  5. 10. A new one would be nice as a holiday gift
  6. 11. These non-bee insects often spend the winter on the inner cover.
  7. 12. The bees unhook their hamuli and use their wing muscles to vibrate to create this in the hive during winter
Down
  1. 1. Reading these is a constructive thing to do during cold months
  2. 3. Beekeepers often have many of these bee-themed to hang on the tree, if they decorate a tree.
  3. 5. What the beekeeper can feed just by pouring it on the inner cover
  4. 6. If a bee found this in her stocking, she would cover it with propolis.
  5. 9. What a new beekeeper orders now in order to have bees in the spring