Book Battle 2024 August: Bee-Day

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Across
  1. 2. April showers brings them
  2. 3. The sweets of bees labor
  3. 4. A bibliophages spree
  4. 6. A bash
  5. 8. A large dense group, especially of flying types
  6. 11. 1960's woman's hairstyle
  7. 12. Apiarist
  8. 13. Aircrafts, birds, some insects have this in common
  9. 14. A community of plants, animals, or even people
  10. 15. Wordplay, in a figure of speech
  11. 16. Often a kids first stand
Down
  1. 1. Laps once a year
  2. 4. A low humming
  3. 5. Producers of liquid gold
  4. 6. Microscopic grains of a male flower
  5. 7. A flour confection
  6. 8. An operation carefully planned
  7. 9. An amusing or charming encounter
  8. 10. A woman, often dominant or controlling
  9. 12. Uses hot air or gas to float