Saving the Bees crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the last name of the professor studying bees and CCD (p3)
  2. 4. this is “nature’s way of creating new plants” (p1)
  3. 8. scientists are worried about the declining bee _____________
  4. 10. the one continent where bees don’t live
  5. 12. another type of bee that is disappearing (p2)
  6. 13. people who take care of beehives and honey
Down
  1. 1. Varroa mites are tiny ______________ (p2)
  2. 2. bees get poisoned when farmers spray this on their crops (p2)
  3. 4. the name for the “sticky substance” scientists are researching
  4. 5. bees transfer this substance from male plants to female plants as they fly around and feed
  5. 6. how beekeepers feel about the disappearing bees
  6. 7. scientists call the bee situation Colony __________ Disorder (p2)
  7. 9. bees feed on this at plants
  8. 11. according to the article, bees “may not have enough ___________ because there are fewer flowers to produce nectar and pollen” (p2)