Apiculture Yr 8 Ag Science

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what is the bees abdomen

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the rear body region of a honey bee composed of nine segments and contains many organs including those for digestion reproduction and respiration

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what is the bees antenna

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the movable sensitive feelers on an insect's head which detect odour and movement

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cocoon

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the silk chamber a larva spins around itself just before the pupal stage of developement

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compound eye

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an eye made up of thousands of tiny lenses that allow a honey bee ultraviolet light and visible light

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ecoskeleton

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the hard outer covering which forms the bees body

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what is the bees head

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the forward region of the honey bees three sections

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honey sac

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the stomach like organ that is connected by a funnel shaped valve to the digestive track

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what are the bees legs

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a honey bees legs are used not only for walking but also for dusting of antenna, brush pollen out of the thousands of branched hairs that cover the body ,and store pollen

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what is the bees mandible

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jaw like structure used to chew honey and pollen

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what is the mid gut

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the stomach section in the abdomen that digests food

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ocellus

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simple eye with a thick lens that can sense change in the brightness of the day

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tougue or probiscus

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a straw like structure used for sucking nectar or honey

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pollen basket

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a smooth somewhat concave, surface on the outer hind leg that is fringed with long curved hairs that hold the pollen in place

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stinger

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found in a chamber in the abdomen and is used to defend against intruders

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thorax

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the middle section of the honey bees three sections that contains the flight muscles the wings and the six legs

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wax glands

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four pairs of glands that are specilised parts of the body wall

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wings

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the honey bee has two sets of wings the fore wings are larger than the hind wings

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how do you know a honey bee is at it adult life stage

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fully formed, mature honey bee

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what is bee bread

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a mixture of nectar and pollen

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what is bee matamorphisis

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the four stages of transformation in the life stages of a honey bee

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what is brood

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the off spring produced by the colony(eggs and larvae)

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what is a cell in a bee hive

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a hexagonal chamber built of bees wax for brood rearing and honey and pollen

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what is a drone bee

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a male honey bee

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what is a drone cell

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a brood cell that is larger than a normal worker cell

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what is a honey bee egg

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laid by the queen bee, the first stage of a honey bees life

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what is a larva

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hatched from an egg the queen bee lays

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nectar

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a sweet liquid secreted by flowers of various plants

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pollen

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the fine powder like material

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pupa

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the third stage in a bees life in which the larva body turn into that of an adult

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queen

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a female bee that lays eggs

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workers

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female bees who build and guard the hive, look after the queen and gather food

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list the hone bee life stages

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1. queen laying egg

2. larva in cell

3. pupa in cell

4. adult chews way out of cell

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what determines weather the bee will be a worker or a queen

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how long they are fed royal jelly

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what type of eggs will become drones

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unfertilized eggs

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what is fed to developing larvae

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royal jelly

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how does a fully developed honey bee make its way out of the brood cell

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eats it way

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what is a group of bees called

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colony

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what are the tree types of bees

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queen

drone

worker

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describe the features of a queen bee

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largest of the honey bees

longer abdomen

shiny thorax

does not have pollen baskets

has a stinger

sting multiple times without dying

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describe the features of a worker

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smallest

long probiscises

do have pollen baskets

stinger and a poison gland

only sting once

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describe the features of a drone

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male

larger than workers

rounded abdomens

large compound eyes

powerful wings

no probiscisus

no stingers

no wax secreting glands

only purpose is to mate with the queen

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why cant drones gather their own food

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they dont have long probiscuses( toungs)

they must be fed

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what are bee dances

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a way of communication to find good nectar scorces

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what is bee bread

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a mixture of nectar and pollen

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brood

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the off spring produce by the colony

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colony

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a group of honey bees living together

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dehydraton

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the removal of water from a substance

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gaurd bees

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the bees that guard the hive entrance

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hive

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a bees home

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hive scente

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all worker bees of a colony produce a scent that is caricterised by their colony and is reconised by all their members

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honey comb

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the six sided wax cells of a bee hive

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house bee

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a young worker be up to 20 days old that works only in the hive

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mate

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to join together a male and female to produce young

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nectar

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a sweet liquid that is secreated by the glands in flowers of plants

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nurse bees

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the young house bees whose task it is to fee the larvae

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pheromone

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a chemical substance that is produced by bees that influences the colony's behavior

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pollen

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the yellow or green powdery substance produced by flowers

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pollen basket

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an area on the hing legs used to transport pollen

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propolis

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a resin like substance collected from trees by bees and used to construct and seal parts in the beehive and protect the hive from elements

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royal jelly

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a milky yellow syrup that is very high in protien that young worker bees secreat from inside their heads and feed to the larvae

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scent gland

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found at the tip of the abdomen of worker bees and produce a scent caricteristic of that particular colony

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worker

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the female bee that performs all the jobs both inside and outside the colony, necessary for the survival of the colony

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what do honey bees rely on what for survival in the hive

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each other

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what does the worker bee do for the first three weeks of their adult life

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stay in the hive and performs chores such as:

clean

feed larvae

build wax cells and make honey

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how long are worker larvae fed royal jelly

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3 days

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how long are are drones fed royal jelly

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fed for 3 days, then fed beebread

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how long are queen bees fed royal jelly

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the entire larval stage

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how long does it take for a honey bee egg to hatch into a larvae

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4

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what does foraging mean

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gathering

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list four duties of a house bee

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clean out cell after young

care for the queen

feed larvae

build wax cells

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how does a worker know when to perform duties

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they are guided by a inner clock

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when does a worker first leave the hive

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after three weeks of adult life

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list three things worker bees gather

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water

prospolis

nectar

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how many single trips will a worker bee make in a single day

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10

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when bees seach for food it is called

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foraging

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when nectar is mixed with enzymes from a honey bee it becomes

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honey

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how do bees help the process of evaporating water from the hive

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flap and fan their wings

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how do bees gather pollen while visiting baskets

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it is brushed against the bee

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how do honey bees store their honey for future use

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they store it in honey comb

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how far can honey bees fly in search for food

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6 miles

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how many bees are their in a colony

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30000-60000 bees

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where do wild honey bees build their homes

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in a hollow tree or sheltered places

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where is wax secreated

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the under side of the honey bees abdomen

in small flake

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what do the bees do to bake the wax more pliable

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they chew on it

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what do the honeybees do with the wax they make

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build it into sheets called wax combs

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how are the combs built

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vertically side by side

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what does each comb contain

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six sided wax cells

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what are the two different size cells

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0.20

0.25

inches

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what are the 0.25 inches wax cells used for

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rearing drones

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what is a brood cell

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cells that house developing bees

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cell

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hexagonal wax chamber built at a slight upward angle by honey bees for brood rearing

and storing pollen and honey

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circumference

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the length of the perimeter of any closed figure

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colony

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a group of animals living together

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comb

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a structure made up of hexagonal wax cells

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diameter

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the length of a straight line segment through the center of the sphere

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hexagon

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a polygon having 6 sides and 6 angles

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hive

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a home to a colony of bees

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polygon

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a closed figure bound by three or more segments

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wax

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a substance excreted from the glands located on the under side on the honey bee

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anther

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the bright sac that produces and contains pollen grains

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fillament

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the stalk that supports the anther

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nectar

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a sweet liquid reward for polenators that is produced by flower glans called nectaries

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what is the flowers ovary

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the base of the female portion of the flower containing ovules which become seeds

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petals

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colorful thin structure that surround the sexual parts of a flower and attract pollenatiors

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pistil

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female elements of a flower containing the style stigma and ovary

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pollen grains

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the powdery particles that contain the male sex cell (gametes) also a nutritious protien rich food

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sepals

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commonly green leafy like structures that protect the bud prior to opening

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stamen

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the male part of the flower consisting of the anther and the filament

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stigma

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sticky surface where the pollen lands and germinates

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style

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the narrow region of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary

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how does pollination occur

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the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

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what is the bottom board

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the wooden stand on which the hive rests

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coveralls

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light colored suit with elastic at the ankles and wrists

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extractor

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a drum that contains a rotating basket that helps remove honey from the comb

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frame

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a wood or plastic rectangle used to hold beeswax comb

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gloves

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protect hands from stings

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helmet

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used to drape veil and protect the head

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hive body or brood chamber

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found just above the bottom board that contains eight to ten frames of comb used to raise young bees

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hove tool

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used to pry apart frames and hive parts that are stuck together with wax and prospolis

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honey super

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frames of combs that surplus honey that is then harvested

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inner cover

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may be used to prevent bees from attaching comb to the outer cover

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outer cover

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provides weather protection

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queen excluder

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sometimes placed between the brood chamber and the honey super it is used to prevent the queen from going into the honey chamber to lay eggs

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smoker

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a tool used to calm the bees

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strainer

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a mesh course screen used to filter out large parts from extracted honey

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uncapping knife

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a tool used to uncap the wax caps from the honey comb cells