Bee Roles & Tasks
This bee is responsible for laying all of the eggs in a hive
This tool is used to help bees when there's not enough natural resources around for them to use
What is a feeder?
This characteristic of bees makes them likely to want to hang around each other and be so close together
What is BEE-ing social?
This part of a hive must be weighted down to prevent pests from getting in or wind from blowing it away
What is the outer cover?
This stage resembles a grain of rice
What is the egg stage?
This bee cleans, nurses, defends, builds, and forages for the hive
What is a worker bee?
Protective clothing that beekeepers where when working with bees (2 parts)
What is a suit and veil?
This hard outer shell on a honey bee adds extra protection to their insides
What is an exoskeleton?
This box in a beehive is where the honey is made and stored
What is a honey super?
What is the pupa stage?
This bee is solely responsible for mating with queens from other hives
What is a drone bee?
This tool is used to remove frames and scrape propolis in the hive
This amount of time is how long worker bees usually live (In the summer!)
What is 40 days?
This box is where the queen lives and lays her eggs
What is a deep super?
This type of cell is the largest type of brood cell in a hive and it hangs vertically
What is a queen cell?
This caste of bee can only sting once in its lifetime due to a barbed stinger
What is a worker bee?
This tool is used to simulate a forest fire, which causes the bees to become calm and slow
What is a smoker?
This form of communication tells other bees in the hive where a flower is located outside of the hive
This vertical hanging part of a hive can be removed or switched around and is a key part of modern beehives
What is a frame?
The only life stage that is free-moving and capable of leaving the hive?
What is an adult bee?
This bee produces pheromones that prevent worker bees from laying eggs
What is the queen bee?
This vertical box allows for beekeepers to house thousands of bees
What is a Langstroth Hive?
The queen bee can lay up to this many eggs per day
What is 2,000 eggs?
What is a queen excluder?
The white, c-shaped, worm-like, stage of a honey bees life
What is the larva stage?