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Abdomen - largest section of the body Head - the section of the bee’s body Proboscis - the tongue of a bee that acts
of a bee containing the stinger, honey with the brain, mouthparts, antennae, as a straw.
crop, digestive system, etc. etc.
Propolis - resins collected from plants
Antenna - a sensory organ attached to a Hive - the structure used by bees for a by bees used to line the inside of a hive,
bee’s head which lets it smell and taste. home. and reduce the hives entrance(s).
Apiary - an area where honey bee colo- Honey - a dense and sugary enzyme- Pupa - the third stage in the develop-
nies are kept by beekeepers. rich liquid compound made by bees ment of bee brood development where
from the nectar of flowers . the larva metamorphosis into an adult
Apiculture - the science and art of rais- bee.
ing honey bees. Honey crop - a storage organ in honey
bees’ abdomen used for carrying nectar, Queen - a female adult bee that is repro-
Attendants - worker bees who clean honey, or water. ductive, usually one per colony.
and feed the queen.
House bee - adult female bee, typically Royal jelly - a thick and nutritious mix-
Bee bread - a combination of pollen, 12-17 days old, who make wax, clean ture used to feed the developing queen.
nectar and honey that nurse bees eat in the hive, and remove bees who have
order to produce food (worker jelly) for died inside the hive. Scout bees - worker bees, typically 21-
the young larvae, also balled up and fed 45 days old, that find new resources and
to older larvae. Larva (plural, larvae) - the second tell the forager bees through dancing.
stage of bee brood development; a
Beeswax - a solid compound produced white, legless, grub-like insect. Solitary - describes species of bees that
by worker bees to make comb. do not form a colony and the queen rais-
Metamorphosis - the process of chang- es young on her own, and the males live
Brood - immature honey bees: eggs, ing from a juvenile to an adult. on their own.
larva, pupa.
Nectar - a sugary liquid secreted by Social - describes species of bees that
Cappings - a layer of wax that covers plants to attract pollinators. require a colony of related individuals to
cells with pupal stage bees and cells full live and reproduce successfully.
of honey. Nurse bees - worker bees who are 20
minutes to 11 days old that feed and Stamen - the male part of the flower
Castes - the differentiation of jobs be- take care of developing brood and the that makes pollen.
tween social insects.
queen.
Stinger - the bee’s method of defence,
Cell - the hexagonal compartment made Pheromones - chemicals that all ani- housed in the abdomen.
of beeswax used to store honey, pollen, mals make to communicate with other
and nectar and to raise the brood. Thorax - the mid-section of a bee’s
members of their species.
body, containing the wings, flight mus-
Colony - all the individual members of a Piping - The noise queens make after cles and legs.
beehive.
emerging from their cells. It’s used as a Wax glands - glands that secrete bees-
Comb - a mass of cells, usually formed in beacon, or call to battle. wax.
two layers with the cells fusing at the Pistil - the female part of the plant that
bases. Worker bee - adult female bees who do
receives pollen during pollination. not reproduce, usually over 99% of the
Drone - the male honey bee, usually Pollen - the vessel housing a plant’s colony’s population.
hundreds per colony.
male gamete . Worker jelly - a nutritious mixture
Forager bees - worker bees who are 21 Pollen basket (also called corbicula) - used to feed the worker bee larvae.
to 45 days old that collect honey, pollen, a section of a worker honey bee’s hind
water, and propolis.
leg that carries pollen on stiff hairs.
Guard bees - adult female worker bees Pollination - the transfer of pollen from
who guard the entrance of the hive from one flower to another, causing fertiliza-
pests such as bears, wasps, humans, and tion and reproduction.
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