| A | B |
|---|
| pollinators | insects that help pollinate plants |
| honey bee pollination | 1/3 of all food Americans eat is derived from___ |
| propolis | bee glue |
| bees wax | produced by bee to make their honey comb |
| queen bee | lays eggs and manages the hive |
| drones | male bees |
| nurse bees | feed the larvae and take care of baby bees |
| forager bees | leave the hive to gather pollen and nectar |
| guard bees | guard the hive |
| house keeper bees | clean the hive, make honey, cap the honey cells |
| attendant bees | take care of the queen |
| undertaker bees | carry off the bees that die |
| hive | the place where bees live |
| colony | a group of bees |
| 60 - 80 thousand | number of bees in a normal size hive |
| bee bread | a mixture of pollen and honey that the bees make for their food |
| the protein in a bee's diet | pollen |
| the carbohydrate in a bee's diet | nectar |
| Royal Jelly | the special food the Queen bee is fed |
| brood | unhatched baby bees |
| Waggle dance | used to tell other bees the direction and distance to the nectar source |
| pheromones | chemical substances used by the bees to communicate with each other |
