CW CH 3 pt1

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Across
  1. 3. ___plastic; Hive designed with plastic outside and foam inside.
  2. 4. ___ board; The hive floor - sits between the hive stand and the brood box.
  3. 5. A device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees; generates smoke.
  4. 9. Specially designed boxes to release honey from the comb.
  5. 10. Queen ___; Paints a dot of paint on the queen’s thorax.
  6. 14. ___ board; bees go through easily in one direction but not the other.
  7. 17. Frame ___ tool; used to space 9 frames evenly in a 10-frame super.
  8. 18. Protects your mid to upper body from strings.
  9. 20. Frame ___; Allows beekeepers to hang frames aside the hive.
  10. 21. ___ outer cover; Langstroth beehive lid that extends over hive sides.
  11. 22. Frame ___; Used to remove a frame from a brood box or honey super.
  12. 23. ___ guard; equipment put at the entrance; prevents mice from entering.
  13. 25. Entrance ___; placed at the entrance that restricts the opening size.
  14. 26. ___ screen board; bees on one side cannot contact bees on the other.
  15. 28. Substrate placed in the frame to ‘get the bees started’.
  16. 29. A handheld tool used in maintaining and inspecting beehives.
  17. 32. An established colony. More expensive than a package.
  18. 33. Provides insulation, moisture escapes, helps circulate fresh air.
  19. 34. ___ box; a small box with burlap and wood shavings; absorbs moisture.
  20. 35. ___ boxes; Box for the bees to store honey.
  21. 36. Protects your hands from stings.
Down
  1. 1. The space in a beehive that the queen lays eggs; a.k.a. “brood chamber”.
  2. 2. ___ rack; A bottom board - creates air space under the brood chamber.
  3. 4. A brush that can be used to gently remove bees from a surface.
  4. 5. A hive no longer legal to use.
  5. 6. Keeps the hive off the ground.
  6. 7. Protects your head from stings.
  7. 8. A structural element in a beehive that holds the comb.
  8. 9. Vessel used to feed honey bees.
  9. 11. Classic beehive. Made of wood.
  10. 12. Free bees, but may carry diseases.
  11. 13. ___hive; Rectangular boxes stacked from the bottom up.
  12. 15. Queen ___; Allows for capturing a queen without direct handling.
  13. 16. ___ board; hard block of sugar that goes into the beehive.
  14. 19. Trapezoidal-shaped hive.
  15. 24. ___ screen; prevents robber bees from entering.
  16. 27. Queen ___; Keeps the queen from entering honey super and laying eggs.
  17. 30. ___ board; A sloping plane that allows your bees easy access to the hive.
  18. 31. 3 pound box of honey bees and a caged queen. To NC, from GA and FL.