Spring Week 2

3. These popular flowers grow on shrubs and creepers, protected by thorns
5. This flower is widely considered the symbol of spring
7. Roman god that March is named after
9. Structure the early Egyptians pointed directly towards the rising sun on the first day of spring
10. A hive insect that collects pollen for honey
14. The moment the top edge of the sun appears to peek over the horizon
16. One of the first spring flowers, though often thought a weed

1. Common ingredient in non-toxic weed killer
2. A burrowing invertebrate with long, slender, soft bodies and limbs
4. The stamen of these widely-distributed flowering plants are harvested for saffron
6. Small, long-tailed birds with a fondness for hemp, flex, and other seeds
8. Which bird symbolizes the arrival of spring
11. Large-scale movement of species from one environment to another
12. Pablo Neruda said "you can cut all the _____, but you can't keep spring from coming"
13. Small, tree-dwelling rodent
15. Alexander Pop wrote the phrase "Hope springs _______"