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A fused head and thorax region present in some arthropods

Cephalothorax

An air filled chamber containing leaf like plates that serve for gas exchange

Book lung

Any structure such as a leg or antenna that grows out of an animals body

Appendage

Branching networks of hollow passages that carry air throughout the body

Tracheal tubes

Chemical odor signal given off by an animal

Pheromone

Form of asexual reproduction in which an organism forms from an unfertilized egg

Parthenogenesis

Moveable structure uses by a spider to spin silk

Spinneret

Openings through which air enters and leaves the tracheal tubes

Spiracles

Spider appendages that function as sense organs

Pedipalps

The excretory organ of terrestrial arthropods

Malpighian tubules

The jaw of an arthropod

Mandible

The shedding of an old exoskeleton

Ecdysis (molting)

What does arthropod mean

Jointed foot

Jointed allow an appendage to be more...

Flexible

What percent do arthropods make up of all animals?

80 %

A group of honeybees living together

Colony

A bees home

Hive

A moly yellow syrup that is very high in protein and is fed to larvae

Royal jelly

A sweet liquid secreted by glands in the flowers of plants

Nectar

The offspring produced by the colony

Brood

Besides the queen these are the only female bees that live in a beehive

Worker bees

Six sided cells of wax

Honeycomb

Yellow powdery substance produced by flowers

Pollen

Bee food made from nectar and pollen

Beebread

A male honeybee that does not have a stinger and gathers no honey

Drone

An area on the hind legs of honeybees used to transport pollen

Pollen basket

The way bees communicate where flowers are located

Waggle dance

Sensitive feelers on the bees head used to detect odor and movement

Antenna

Bees use this part of their body to defend against intruders

Stinger

A great number of bees and a queen looking to start a new hive

Swarm

An insect with 6 legs and 4 wings and a honey stomach

Honeybee

Changes of an insect egg larva pupa adult

Metamorphosis

Group of bee colonies kept in one location

Apiary

An animal with a head a thorax an abdomen and 6 legs

Insect

A person who keeps honeybees

Bee keeper

A mates female bee that lays all the eggs in the colony

Queen

The carrying of pollen from one flower to another for seed

Pollination

Is the nervous system complex

Yes it contains the brain

Does the head vary sensory organs?

Yes

What kind of eyes do they have

Simple