Plants for Bees
Across
- 4. colourful, rich in protein, carried in baskets
- 7. large tree with edible fruit hidden inside a spiky shell, often roasted on an open fire, in Latin
- 8. Mainly wind pollinated inflorescence,visited by bees on hazel
- 9. its leaves can make a salad, its roots can make a coffee, its seedheads can measure time and its flowers turn bees yellow
- 12. Rosebay or Hairy, great colonizers of freshly cleared ground
- 14. a large plant family, includes most top and stone fruit and England's favourite flower
- 15. important honey plant, jam-makers friend, in Latin
- 16. describing plants with male and female flowers on separate plants - e.g.holly and willow
- 18. ground cover plant at Scarborough Fair
- 19. Cherry ......, its leaves bear extra floral nectaries
- 20. male reproductive part of the flower
Down
- 1. one of its species nectar is allegedly toxic to bees, a magnificent tree, in Latin
- 2. white or red, sweetly scented meadow perennial
- 3. common name for a plant in the mint family, known for its fracture healing properties
- 5. painted by Van Gogh, hardy annuals which track the sun across the sky
- 6. the 'venturous harbringer of Spring' - in Latin
- 7. the pretty part of the flower,formed by petals
- 10. antibacterial substance produced by bees from tree resins
- 11. succulent and statuesque, autumn flowering garden perennial
- 13. Highly nectariferous plant, gives pale honey,blue star flowers
- 17. hedera ......, an autumn flowering climber, important source of pollen and nectar