WCBA Beekeeping Week 3 pt 1

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Across
  1. 2. Free bees, but may carry diseases.
  2. 3. The space in a beehive that the queen lays eggs; a.k.a. “brood chamber”.
  3. 7. ___ boxes; Box for the bees to store honey.
  4. 10. Frame ___; Used to remove a frame from a brood box or honey super.
  5. 11. ___ guard; equipment put at the entrance; prevents mice from entering.
  6. 14. ___ outer cover; Langstroth beehive lid that extends over hive sides.
  7. 16. Keeps the hive off the ground.
  8. 17. ___ board; hard block of sugar that goes into the beehive.
  9. 20. ___hive; Rectangular boxes stacked from the bottom up.
  10. 22. Classic beehive. Made of wood.
  11. 23. ___ screen; prevents robber bees from entering.
  12. 25. ___plastic; Hive designed with plastic outside and foam inside.
  13. 26. ___ board; A sloping plane that allows your bees easy access to the hive.
  14. 28. Vessel used to feed honey bees.
  15. 30. Entrance ___; placed at the entrance that restricts the opening size.
  16. 33. A hive no longer legal to use.
  17. 34. Protects your mid to upper body from stings.
  18. 36. Queen ___; Allows for capturing a queen without direct handling.
  19. 37. ___ board; The hive floor - sits between the hive stand and the brood box.
Down
  1. 1. Specially designed boxes to release honey from the comb.
  2. 2. A device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees; generates smoke.
  3. 4. ___ screen board; bees on one side cannot contact bees on the other.
  4. 5. A brush that can be used to gently remove bees from a surface.
  5. 6. Protects your head from stings.
  6. 8. Substrate placed in the frame to ‘get the bees started’.
  7. 9. Trapezoidal-shaped hive.
  8. 10. Protects your hands from stings.
  9. 12. Frame ___ tool; used to space 9 frames evenly in a 10-frame super.
  10. 13. ___ box; a small box with burlap and wood shavings; absorbs moisture.
  11. 15. Provides insulation, moisture escapes, helps circulate fresh air.
  12. 18. 3 pound box of honey bees and a caged queen. To NC, from GA and FL.
  13. 19. A structural element in a beehive that holds the comb.
  14. 21. ___ board; bees go through easily in one direction but not the other.
  15. 24. ___ rack; A bottom board - creates air space under the brood chamber.
  16. 27. An established colony. More expensive than a package.
  17. 29. Frame ___; Allows beekeepers to hang frames aside the hive.
  18. 31. A handheld tool used in maintaining and inspecting beehives.
  19. 32. Queen ___; Paints a dot of paint on the queen’s thorax.
  20. 35. Queen ___; Keeps the queen from entering honey super and laying eggs.