Across
- 2. What the bees hope Santa has supplied
- 4. The day in December when the queen has completely stopped laying. After this her laying increases until the summer one.
- 7. If you use the mountain camp method, you may find these in the top of the hive in the spring.
- 8. Doing this is a way the beekeeper can keep a wax aroma in the house when bee-contact isn't possible
- 10. A new one would be nice as a holiday gift
- 11. These non-bee insects often spend the winter on the inner cover.
- 12. The bees unhook their hamuli and use their wing muscles to vibrate to create this in the hive during winter
Down
- 1. Reading these is a constructive thing to do during cold months
- 3. Beekeepers often have many of these bee-themed to hang on the tree, if they decorate a tree.
- 5. What the beekeeper can feed just by pouring it on the inner cover
- 6. If a bee found this in her stocking, she would cover it with propolis.
- 9. What a new beekeeper orders now in order to have bees in the spring