Bee Biology
This insect has five eyes and four wings?
What is a Honey Bee?
The large central area where the queen lays her eggs.
What is the brood chamber?
The famous “dance” bees do to show where flowers are.
What is the waggle dance?
Bees collect this sweet liquid from flowers to make honey.
What is nectar?
This parasitic mite is one of the greatest threats to honey bee health.
What is the Varroa mite?
The only bee in the hive capable of laying fertilized eggs.
Who is the Queen Bee?
Bees fan their wings to maintain this inside the hive.
What is temperature (about 95°F)?
Bees release this chemical when alarmed or threatened.
What is an alarm pheromone?
Bees turn nectar into honey by doing this to remove moisture.
What is fanning their wings?
A loss of entire bee colonies is called this syndrome.
What is Colony Collapse Disorder?
Male bees are called this.
What are drones?
When a colony becomes too crowded, the bees do this.
What is swarm?
Bees rub their antennae together to share this.
What is information (or scent)?
Special glands on worker bees produce this substance for building.
What is beeswax?
Bees face danger when exposed to these farm chemicals.
What are pesticides?
Worker bees belong to this gender.
What is female?
A young, newly emerged bee is called this.
What is a callow bee?
A queen bee produces this to let the hive know she is healthy.
What is queen pheromone?
This is the name of the stored pollen mixed with nectar for baby bees.
What is bee bread?
Habitat loss reduces this vital bee food source.
What are flowers (or forage)?
This is the substance worker bees use to build the honeycomb.
What is beeswax?
The chemical bees use to send signals or mark territory.
What is a pheromone?
Worker bees communicate danger by doing this physical action.
What is head-butting?
Worker bees cap honeycomb cells with this material when the honey is ready.
What is wax?
Climate change impacts bees mostly by changing this critical plant process.
What is flowering time?