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14 Cards in this Set
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Honey Bee
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A bee that produces honey and lives in colonies.
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Insect
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An arthropod with the body divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen; with 3 pairs of jointed legs; and 1 or 2 pairs of wings.
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Thorax
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The middle of the body of an insect.
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Abdomen
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The hind portion of the body behind the thorax.
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Colony
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A group of plants or animals that belong to one species (as a colony of bees).
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Hive
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The usually above-ground nest of bees.
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Queen
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The fertile, fully-developed female of social bees whose purpose is to lay eggs.
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Worker
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The female member of a colony of honey bees that performs most of the work and protects the colony.
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Drone
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A male bee whose sole purpose is to mate with the queen bee.
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Proboscis
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A long, tube-shaped bodily part in the mouth region of an invertebrate (organism with no backbone).
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Compound Eye
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One of 2 large eyes on the sides of a bee's head, which allows the bee to tell the difference between brightness and darkness, movement, and color.
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Pollen Baskets
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A flat or hollow area bordered with stiff hairs on the hind leg of a bee in which it carries pollen to the hive or nest.
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Pollinate
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To mark or smudge with pollen.
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Solitary
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Growing or living alone. Not forming part of a group or cluster.
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