Sustainability Month: Beekeeping by Gene Miller

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Across
  1. 5. Stage before a bee emerges as an adult
  2. 6. Cluster of bees leaving a hive to form a new colony
  3. 7. Yellow flowers important as early food for bees
  4. 8. Month when honey is typically harvested
  5. 11. Hexagon-shaped cell structure
  6. 13. Stage between egg and pupa
  7. 14. Tool used to scrape wax and pry hive parts
  8. 16. Bees’ tendency to stick to one flower type
  9. 18. Device used to spin honey out of frames
  10. 19. Bees regulate hive temperature by wing ______
  11. 20. Chemical signals used for communication
Down
  1. 1. Natural food mixture fed to bee larvae
  2. 2. Device that calms bees using smoke
  3. 3. Bee body structure used to carry pollen
  4. 4. Bee role that cares for larvae and the queen
  5. 5. Sticky plant resin used by bees as glue
  6. 9. Female bees that do all hive work
  7. 10. Substance bees use to build honeycomb
  8. 11. Natural hive location such as walls
  9. 12. Process bees perform when visiting flowers
  10. 15. Single egg-laying leader of the hive
  11. 17. Male bee that mates with the queen
  12. 21. Structure with hexagon cells for honey and eggs