Ants/Bees/Wasps
What do you call the males that mate with the queen?
drones
What is the name of the sweet liquid ants eat from their pets?
honeydew
What is termite's main source of food?
Wood
What do you call the bee worker that makes royal jelly and feeds the larvae and queen?
Nurse
What is the name of the food that is fed to bee larve and the queen?
Royal jelly
What do you call the rooms in an ant hill?
Chambers
What do you call the ants that go out to look for food and leave a scent trail of pheremones from the food back to the ant hill?
Scouts
What shape has 6 sides?
hexagon
What is the name of the bee worker that designs and builds the hive by making beeswax?
Waxmaker
What is the waxy substance bee hives are made out of?
Beeswax
What do you call the tunnels in the ant hill?
Galleries
What is the job of midden ants?
They take care of trash, dead ants, and ant poo
What are flagellates?
They are tiny creatures that termites must swallow because termites need help to digest cellulose found in wood that they eat
What is the name of the worker bees that go steal honey from other hives during tough times?
Robber bee
What is the dance performed by the scout bee for the gatherer bees when food is far away?
Waggle dance
What do you call all the other female ants/bees/wasps?
Workers
What do you call the group of ants that follows the scent to go collect the food?
Foragers
Termites workers are female and _____________.
male
What is the job of gatherer bees?
They gather nectar and pollen to bring back to the hive
What is the dance performed by the scout for the gatherer bees when the food is close by to the hive?
Circular Dance
What is the main job of the queen ant/wasp/bee?
lays eggs
What insect do ants keep as pets and why?
Aphids - Ants milk yummy honeydew from the aphids and in return the ants protect the aphids from meany ladybugs
What do termites have that bees and ants don't have?
A king and a queen
What is the job of the sentry bee?
It is the beehive soldier that protects the hive from bad guys
Storekeeper bee