Across
- 1. Important food source for bees and provides them with protein, vitamins, minerals, and fats.
- 6. The natural replacement of an old or failing queen with a younger queen by the workers in the colony.
- 8. The act of an entire honey bee colony leaving their nest or hive entirely.
- 10. When a colony has nectar and honey filling the cells in the brood nest, restricting the area in which the queen can lay eggs.
- 11. The class of insecticides that are the most widely used in the world.
- 14. This type of behavior is a trait where workers are able to detect, uncap, chew down and/or remove infected or parasitized pupae to help reduce the spread of pathogens.
- 15. Called the killer bees, known for their aggressive nature and sustained defense of their hives.
Down
- 1. A sticky substance created and used by bees to caulk and seal holes around the perimeter of their nest and between combs.
- 2. A fungal gut parasite that infects honey bees.
- 3. When inactive bees hang between combs, linking themselves together by their legs, associated with wax construction.
- 4. A period of time when flowers in a given region are not producing much nectar or pollen
- 5. A collection of one or more hives, also called a bee yard.
- 7. The first stage of the bee’s life
- 9. A specialized forager that searches for resources like nectar or pollen, or new nest sites for a swarm.
- 12. These flights are the Honey bees first journeys from the nest to learn their immediate surroundings and nest location.
- 13. Also known as a nucleus colony, these are small colonies with only 2–5 frames, created by pulling frames and bees from larger colonies.