Across
- 2. the main ingredient in the composition of the capping over brood
- 3. Do you have to see the queen to know she is alive?
- 8. the wooden wax holder that you lift individually out of the hive in an inspection.
- 9. If you see tiny black beetles in the hive, put one of these between the frames
- 12. every beekeeper should have this by his/her side in an inspection. It makes the bees calmer
- 14. hard to find a pair that fit but wearing them is a protection
- 16. looks like a five guys peanut before you shell it
- 17. A person from whom to learn about hives and inspections
- 18. what you should do to a bee with two fingers if you feel a bee walking up inside your pants leg too high to shake it out
- 19. if you can you do this with pants and your socks, you may have some sting prevention
- 21. the minimum protective gear one must wear
- 22. the color of wax cappings over honey
- 23. If you turn this upside down and set hive boxes on it, you up your chances of not losing your queen, should she fall off of a frame
Down
- 1. one half of a bee suit
- 3. the most painful place ever to get a sting
- 4. this royal stuff is at the bottom of the cells with eggs in them
- 5. the kind of bee brood developing under capping that is flat and beige to dark brown in color
- 6. the kind of brood capping shaped like a bullet
- 7. the state of nectar in the hive before it is capped
- 9. when you have this on, you look like a space person
- 10. what is packed on the back legs of some bees flying into a queenright hive
- 11. This instrument is used to break propolis seals between the frames or between the hive boxes
- 12. how one must move to avoid disturbing the bees
- 13. What you put in traps to kill the insects that slime the honey
- 15. When at least this many frames are filled in an eight frame hive, it is time to add a new box
- 20. many people include this in their morning meal but it makes the bees mad to smell it on your breath