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Beekeeper “The Game”

Buzzing to Learn about Bees!

Thank you to those who provided graphics for this game. The Brushy Mountain Bee Farm provided the photos of the beehive parts and the protective clothing. Homeschool Share provided most of the other graphics. A few of the graphics were free from the internet.

To prepare the game for play…

You may print all files on regular paper or you may choose to print the game cards and hex spaces on card stock or heavier paper. You may laminate the game board or cover it in contact paper. The Honey Money is best printed on regular paper.

These files are very colorful and are best printed using a color printer. If you do not own a color printer, you may choose to print the game board (Hex paper-blank) on green paper, the “Hex paper-orchard” on white paper, the “Hex paper-blank” (for the path) on purple paper, the “Flower Cards” and “Flower Cards good stuff” on pink paper, the �Hex paper-flower” on pink paper (to match the cards), the “Wasp Cards” on orange paper, the “Honey Money 1” on blue paper, the “Honey Money 5” on yellow paper, the “Hex paper-honeycomb” on yellow paper, and the “Beekeeper Store Parts” on white paper. Or choose what colors suit your situation.

Print one Beekeeper Game Rules.

Print 6 (or more) Hex paper-blank on white (or a flowery scrapbook paper) for your game board. You may make the game board as big as you would like to accommodate your family. Piece the board together by trimming edges and taping together. The larger your game board, the more Hex paper spaces you will need to print. Print the minimum listed first. If you need more, print another sheet. You may want print a sheet of the game board on white paper and trace the hex shapes onto 12” scrapbook paper. Four 12” scrapbook sheets work well.

Print one set of Hex paper-orchard. These are the �Home Orchard� spaces. Each player has a Home Orchard or Field. Cut each 3-hex unit as one piece to be used during the game set up. You may use the 3-hex unit as a pattern to cut out more orchards if the orchards and fields provided are not enough.

Print one set of Flower Cards. Print the “Flower Card back” on the other side before you cut the cards apart. These are the questions for the game. Each card has a key number on it so you can look up the answer on the answer sheet. Cut apart for game use.

Print one set of Flower cards good stuff. (or two if you want more included in your Flower Card deck.) Print the “Flower Card back” on the other side before you cut the cards apart. These cards are shuffled in the Flower Card deck and include other ways to get Honey Money or Beekeeper Supplies without answering questions. Cut apart and shuffle with the Flower Cards.

Print one Answer Key.

Print one or two sets of Wasp Cards. Print the “Wasp Card back” on the other side before you cut the cards apart. Cut apart for game use.

Print 3 sets of Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Parts (make sure you have 1 set printed for every two players). If you would like a picture on the back, print Beekeeper Store back on the other side of the sheet before you cut the cards apart. Cut the cards apart. These go in the Beekeeper Store.

Print 4 or 5 sheets of Hex paper-blank on yellow (or other colored) paper to use for your empty path spaces. Cut apart to use for game spaces.

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Print one sheet Hex paper-honeycomb. This file has the Beekeeper Store pieces and the Honey Comb pieces. Cut apart to use for game spaces.

Print one sheet (or more) Hex paper-flower. This file has the Flower spaces and the Honey Pot space. Cut apart to use for game spaces.

Print 3 sheets of Honey Money 1 (you may print as many sheets as you need). Cut apart to use during the game.

Print 2 sheets of Honey Money 5 (you may print as many sheets as you need). Cut apart to use during the game.

OptionalPrint 1 sheet of You ve been stung! cards with the Flower Card back on the other side. These may be mixed in with the Flower Cards if you choose.

Set up the GamePlace an orchard for each player on the game background. This is your home orchard.

Place the hex spaces throughout the game background connecting the orchards and surrounding the board. Make sure there are no dead ends on your path. Hex path pieces include empty colored pieces, Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store pieces, Flower pieces, and the Honey Pot. Orchards are considered one space and you may pass through them as if they are part of the path.

You may use as many Honey Money spaces, Flower spaces, and Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store spaces as you would like to make your path. There is only one Honey Pot on the board. We use Repositionable Glue Sticks to place the paper hex spaces on the board.

Our board is covered in contact paper. You may laminate yours for durability. You may also choose to permanently adhere the hex spaces to the board and then laminate the board for easier storage.

Use two dice, mark one six with an X to indicate that it is a “Wasp” (on one die only). When the wasp is rolled, you must pick a Wasp card and follow the directions.

Use buttons or other markers for game pieces. We found buttons that look like bees at the local craft store.


Honey Bee Game Rules

Object To collect needed beekeeping supplies and be the first one back to your home orchard or field to set it up. You must collect one of every card from the Beekeeper�s Supply List. Once the parts are all collected, you must make it back to your home field or orchard.

Types of CardsWasp Cards—Getting stung is no fun! Pick a Wasp card and follow the directions.

Flower Cards—These cards contain questions about bees. Each correct answer is worth 2 Honey Money unless otherwise noted. There are also other “Flower Cards” that have Honey Money value but do not include answering questions. You may also include “You�ve been stung! cards that have a flower on the back that tell you to pick a wasp card. You may leave these cards out if you would like.

Honey Money—Honey Money is earned as questions are answered about bees. Honey Money is used to pay for beehive parts. The Honey Money is kept by the Beekeeper Store Manager.

Beekeeping Supply Cards— are collected to show how much of the Beekeeper�s Supply List you have accumulated. The unsold cards are kept by the the Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store Manager.

Types of Spaces on the BoardFlower Spaces—pick a flower card and follow the directions

Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store spaces—This is the Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store, you may purchase any part of the beehive you need.

Honey pot— all money or beehive parts that must be given up from wasp cards goes here. If you land on the honey pot, you get everything in the Honey Pot. You cannot land on the Honey Pot on two consecutive turns.

Empty Colored spaces—empty spaces hex spaces that have been printed on yellow or other colored paper.

Choose one person to be the Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store Manager. They keep all the unsold supplies for the Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store as well as the Honey Money.

Set up the Flower Cards. You may add in some You�ve been stung! cards to this deck if you choose to. Or you may choose to use the “X” on the dice as when you get stung and must pick up a Wasp Card. Shuffle the Flower Cards Good Stuff with the Flower Cards that have the questions.

Choose a spot for the Flower Cards and the Wasp Cards within reach of the players. Also choose a spot to store the Honey Pot �loot�. (It won�t fit on the board unless you choose to use an extra orchard and put the loot in the un-used orchard).

Place 10 Honey Money in the Honey Pot.


Before play begins each player receives 20 Honey Money, a Beekeeper�s Supply card, and one randomly chosen Beekeeper Supply to start. To choose the random Beekeeper Supply, roll a single die and use the chart below:

If you roll a... then you get a...

1 Queen Excluder2 Queen Bee3 Frames with foundation4 Shallow Super OR Brood Box5 Roof OR Hive Stand and Bottom Board6 Nuc

Protective Clothing is never to be given out at the beginning of the game. It must be purchased.

You may adjust any rules to suit the players. If you want a longer game, hand out less Honey Money and no Beekeeper Supplies at the beginning.

To PlayPlay begins with the youngest player and moves clockwise.

Roll the dice and move the correct number of spaces. You may move in any direction on the board but you may not change directions in the middle of your turn. You may not land on or use the same space twice in one turn. Each orchard and field counts as one space. You may pass through any orchard or field. The game gets very interesting if you have laid down several path pieces side by side.

If you land on a Flower Space. Draw a Flower Card and follow the directions. Place the Flower Card in a discard pile. There is an Answer Key provided for the questions.

If you roll an “X” on the die (or however you indicated a Wasp on one 6), draw a Wasp Card and follow the directions. The Protective Clothing card protects you from any Wasp Card or Wasp Attack unless you get a Wasp Attack that says, “Loose your protective clothing”.

If the Wasp Attack card directs you to give up something, whatever you give up must go in the Honey Pot.

If you do not have the part of the Beekeeper supplies that is asked for, you must give up the equivalent amount of Honey Money. If you do not have the total amount of Honey Money, you give up what you have. You must sell what Beekeeper Supplies you have as �used� for ½ of the face value. In other words, if you have Honey Money or beekeeping supplies you must give up your Honey Money or sell your beekeeping supplies to pay your debt.

The Wasp Card goes to the bottom of the stack to be redrawn later.

If you land on the Honey Pot you get whatever has been collected in the Honey Pot. You may not gather from the Honey Pot again unless you visit your Home Orchard or Field first. Once in a while you will have a player who guards the Honey Pot. Adjust the rules to avoid this problem. One


suggested rule is that whenever someone lands on the Honey Pot the player to his right gets to move the Honey Pot to another location of their choosing as long as it is attached to the path.

If you land on the Honey Comb you get one Honey Money! (A great way for non-beekeeping friends to still earn Honey Money for Beekeeping supplies.)

If you land on a Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Store you may purchase any needed Beekeeper Supplies. You may barter and trade for items with other players when it is your turn.

If you land on an empty space nothing happens. Take a break!

Once you gather all your Beekeeper�s Supplies head back to your Home Orchard or Field. As soon as you get there and �set up� your hive, you are the winner!

Answering Flower Cards You may ask for help from any other player when you have a question you cannot answer. They may ask for Honey Money in return. Make the deal before any answers are given.

If an answer is shouted out by another player, you may use their answer without giving them any Honey Money.


You�ve been stung!Pick a wasp card.








Wasp attack!

Lose 5 Honey Money

Trade one beehive part with the person

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Toad attack!

Lose 5 Honey Money.

Trade one beehive part with the person

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Your queen dies.

Give up your swarm or give up your

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Another swarm attacks!

Lose your queen and 3 Honey Money.

Wasp attack!

Lose one turn.

Winter comes quickly. Your swarm

dies.

Give up your swarm.

Bear attack!

Lose your shallow super.

Oh no! Spiders!

Lose 1 Honey Money.

You forgot to paint your hive.

Your brood box rotted.

You forgot to winterize your hive.

Lose your swarm.

Wax moths infest!

Lose all frames.

Stinky skunk attack!

Lose one turn.

Lightning strikes!

Lose your roof.

You got stung!

Lose your protective clothing.

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1. What happens when a new queen hatches?

2. What time of year does a new queen hatch?

3. Where does the old queen go if she looses the

fight with the new queen?

4. Name one reason why bees are important?

5. Name one way that bees help us.

6. What trees rely completely on bees

for pollination?

7. How many eggs can a queen lay each day?

8. How many eyes do bees have?

9. Why do bees sting?10. How many different

kinds of bees are there in the world?

11. How many grains of pollen can a

honey bee carry?

12. What types of bees to you find in a hive?

13. What shape is the waddle dance?

14 Why do bees perform the waddle dance?

15. What happens to the bee after it stings?

16. What does the bee release after it has stung an enemy?

17. How many jobs does a worker bee do in its

lifetime?

18. For every job that a worker does during its

lifetime, you get 2 Honey Money

19. What does a house bee do?

20. What does a forager bee do?

21. What does the wax bee do?

22. What does a guard bee do?

23. What does a nurse bee do?

24. Get 2 Honey Money for each stage that a bee

goes through?

25. Get 2 Honey Money for each honeybee

predator you can name.

26. Get 2 Honey Money for each beehive part you

can name.

27. Get 2 Honey money for each piece of bee

equipment you can name.

28. Get 2 Honey Money for each part of the

protective clothing you can name.

29. Get 2 Honey Money for each main body part of a bee you can name.

30. What shape is the cell that the bees store

honey in?

31. Define nectar. 32. Define pollen.

33. Define colony. 34. Define Royal Jelly.

35. Define cells (as in honey bee cells).

36. Define beehive.

37. Define honey. 38. Define honeycomb.

39. Define beebread. 40. Define swarm.

41. How many queens can live in one hive?

42. What is the queen bee�s main job?

43. How long does a queen bee live?

44. Define exoskeleton.


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thorax you can name.

47. What is on the bee�s abdomen?

48. Are worker bees male or female?

49. Are drones male or female?

50. Which bees secrete beeswax?

51. Which adult bee cannot feed itself?

52. Which adult bee does not have a stinger?

53. Which adult bee is considered lazy?

54. What is the only job of a drone?

55. How long does a drone bee live?

56. How can you tell a drone from another

adult bee?

56. What two types of eggs does the queen bee lay?

57. How many days does it take an egg to hatch

into a larva?

58. Where does the larva grow?

59. When is a new queen born?

60. About how many queen larva are

in a hive?

61. Which direction do worker bees build

a comb?

62. Where are the bees eyes placed?

63. How the honeybee�s tongue protected.

64. How does a bumblebee help a

honeybee?

65. How many pounds of honey does a colony of bees eat in one year?

66. How far would a honeybee have to fly to find enough nectar to

make one pound of honey?

67. How many trips would a honeybee take from the flower to the hive to produce one

ounce of honey?

68. How far will a be travel from the hive to

find food?

69. How big is the size of a worker bee brain?

70. How many flowers would a honeybee have

to visit to make one pound of honey?

71. How many flowers does a honeybee visit on

a busy day?

72. How many insects in the world make food for

humans?

73. Name the part of the bee�s body that is used to suck nectar from flowers.

74. How many stomachs do bees have?

75. What dance do bees do to tell others that there is food near the

hive?

76. Get 2 Honey Money for each message a bee

can send with pheromones.

77. Define propolis.

78. What is the scientific name for beekeeping?

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79. What is the genus for honeybees?

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80. Where is the mandible on a

honeybee?

81. What does a honeybee use its mandible for?

82. How many wings does a honeybee have?

83. Define honey sac.

84. Define midgut or ventriculus.

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85. What type of light does the compound

eye see?

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86. What color does the honeybee NOT see with

its compound eye?

87. What part of a honeybee detects odors?

88. What part of the honeybee detects

movement?

89. Where is the honeybee�s pollen

basket?

90. Define larva.91. What food is fed to the baby queen bee?

92. How does a worker bee tell the others when she has found a good

source of food?

93. How many times can a worker bee sting a

mammal?

94. What type of animal is the honeybee?

95. Which is larger, a worker bee or a

queen bee?

96. What are scout bees?97. How many days does

it take a honeybee egg to hatch?

98. How did honeybees get to America?

99. Get 2 Honey Money for each fruit that you can name that relies heavily on honeybees

for pollination.

100. What type of honey is the most common in

the United States-which flower does the honey bee

collect the most nectar from?

101. What does a beekeeper use to

calm bees?

102. Get 2 Honey Money for each task performed

by a worker bee.

103. Where in the hive does the queen lay

her eggs?

104. Why won�t a drone help defend the hive?

104. Where do bees store pollen on their return

flight to the hive?

105. What determines the color of the honey?

106. Which spends more days in the cell as an

immature bee, the worker or the queen?

107. Why are honeybees called social insects?

108. Why is it a good idea to wash your

clothing after you have been stung by a

honeybee?

109. Get 2 Honey Money for each thing a

beekeeper must do to keep a hive alive through

the winter.

110. Why can�t drones gather their own food?

111. Get 2 Honey Money for each product made

with beeswax.

112. What did people first keep bees in?

113. Get 2 Honey Money for each thing you can

name that attracts bees.

114. Which honeybee has a reusable stinger?

115. Why does a worker bee die after it stings

a mammal?

116. What are some characteristics that all

insects have?2 Honey Money for each

correct answer.

117. Get 2 Honey Money for each thing that you

can name that field bees gather.

118. How many trips will a worker bee make in

a single day?

119. Where do bees live?120. What does a bee mix

with nectar to make honey?

121. How do bees cool the hive?

122. How doe bees help evaporate water from

the hive?

123. Why do honeybees make honey?

124. Who were the first beekeepers?

125. What did the people in the middle ages use to

keep their bees in?

126. How much honey does an average worker bee make in it�s lifetime?

127. Bees were first kept for what reason?

128. How many miles must a hive of bees fly (all the worker bees

combined) to make an 8 ounce jar of honey?

Fruit trees are in bloom!

Get 2 Honey Money

You sold some honey!

Get 3 Honey Money

Your hive has a swarm and you sell it!

Get 3 Honey Money

Take another turn

Move 3 spaces in the same direction

you started.

Move 2 spaces back the way you came.

Go to the nearest Honey Store.

(you may save this card to use later)

Draw another Flower Card

Move to the nearest Flower.


Visit any orchard!


Randomly draw a supply card from the

Beekeeper Store.

Springtime!

Get 2 Honey Money

You fed your honey bees during the coldest part of winter so they

gave extra honey this year!

Get 4 Honey Money

Your hive needs more space because you take good care of your hive.

Get 3 Honey Money

You planted extra Raspberries for your bees

to pollinate.

Get 2 Honey Money

You taught some people about bees so they bought some

honey from you.

Get 4 Honey Money

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Hive Stand and Bottom Board8 Honey Money

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Queen Bee�4 Honey Money

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1. What happens when a new queen hatches? If the old queen is still alive, then the two queens fight. The winner keeps the hive.

2. What time of year does a new queen hatch?

3. The old queen takes some of the drones and workers to form a new hive somewhere else.

4. Name one reason why bees are important? They make honey for us to use as sweeteners. They pollinate flowers so that their seeds form better. Pollinate fruit trees so that the fruit forms.

5. Name one way that bees help us. They make honey for us to eat. They pollinate fruit and nut trees so that the fruit forms. They make beeswax for us to use.

6. Do almond trees rely completely on bees? Yes!

7. How many eggs can a queen lay each day? Up to 2,000.

8. How many eyes do bees have? They have 2 compound eyes and 3 normal eyes.

9. Why do bees sting? They sting when you threaten to kill them or their hive.

10. How many different kinds of bees are there in the world? Over 20,000!

11. How many grains of pollen can a honey bee carry? Up to 100,000 grains of pollen.

12. What types of bees to you find in a hive? A queen, drones, and worker bees.

13. What shape is the waddle dance? Figure 8

14 Why do bees perform the waddle dance? To tell the other bees where to find pollen, how far away it is, and the quality of the pollen.

15. What happens to the bee after it stings? They usually die within a few minutes.

16. What does the bee release after it has stung an enemy? Pheromones that warn the other bees of danger.

17. How many jobs does a worker bee do in its lifetime? 5

18. For every job that a worker does during its lifetime, you get 1 Honey Money. Forager, nurse, making wax, guard bee, house bee.

19. What does a house bee do? Cleans the cells after they are used.

20. What does a forager bee do? They are the oldest bees and they gather the pollen and nectar.

21. What does the wax bee do? It stores the pollen and nectar brought by the other bees.

22. What does a guard bee do? Guard the hive.

23. What does a nurse bee do? The nurse bee cares for and feeds the brood.

24. What are the stages that a bee goes through? Get 1 Honey per stage. Egg, pupa, larva, adult.

25. Get 1 Honey Money for each honeybee predator you can name. Bears, skunks, wasps, spiders, toads, bee eater birds, and other bees from other hives.

26. Get 1 Honey Money for each beehive part you can name. Supers, frames, roof, inner cover, base, foundation, queen excluder,

bottom board, entrance guard, hive top feeder.

27. Get 1 Honey money for each piece of bee equipment you can name. Hive tool, frame perch, frame cleaner, bee brush, smoker, honey extruder.

28. Get 1 Honey Money for each part of the protective clothing you can name. Hood, jacket, hat and veil, coveralls, bee britches, gloves.

29. Get 2 Honey Money for each main body part of a bee you can name. Head, Thorax, Abdomen.

30. What shape is the cell that the bees store honey in? Hexagon

31. Define nectar. Nectar is a sweet liquid that is given off by plants, especially by flowers, and used by bees in making honey.

32. Define pollen. A mass of tiny particles in the anthers of a flower that fertilize the seeds and usually appear as a fine yellow dust.

33. Define colony. A population of plants or animals in a particular place that belong to one species.

34. Define Royal Jelly. A milky yellow syrup that worker bees produce to feed the larva that will be come a queen bee.

35. Define cells (as in honey bee cells). A small compartment, cavity, or bounded space where the bees store honey, the queen stores the eggs, or the bees hatch from.

36. Define beehive. The usual above ground nest of bees.

37. Define honey. Thick sugary material prepared by bees from the nectar of flowers and stored by them in honeycomb for food.

38. Define honeycomb. A mass of 6 sided wax cells built by honey bees in their nest to contain young bees and their store of honey.

39. Define beebread. A bitter yellowish-brown pollen mixture stored in honeycomb cells and used with honey by bees for food.

40. Define swarm. A great number of honeybees leaving from a hive with a queen to start a new hive somewhere else. Also a colony of honeybees settled in a hive.

41. How many queens can live in one hive? One.

42. What is the queen bee�s main job? To lay eggs.

43. How long does a queen bee live? 3 to 5 years.

44. Define exoskeleton. The waterproof skeleton that insects have on the outside of their bodies.

45. Get 1 Honey Money for each part of the head you can name. Mouth, two antennae, two simple eyes, two compound eyes, proboscis, and mandibles (jaw).

46. Get 1 Honey Money for each part of the thorax you can name. Six legs, two pollen baskets, four wings.

47. What is on the bee�s abdomen? It�s stinger.

48. Are worker bees male or female? They are all females, but they are sterile (cannot reproduce.)

49. Are drones male or female? They are all male.

50. Which bees secrete beeswax? Only worker bees secrete beeswax.

51. Which adult bee cannot feed itself? The drone cannot feed itself.

52. Which adult bee does not have a stinger? The drone does not have a stinger.

53. Which adult bee is considered lazy? The drone is considered lazy.

54. What is the only job of a drone? To mate with the queen.

55. How long does a drone bee live? About 3 months.

56. How can you tell a drone from another adult bee? Their eyes are huge.

56. What two types of eggs does the queen bee lay? The queen bee lays fertilized eggs which become female bees, and unfertilized eggs which become male bees (or drones).

57. How many days does it take an egg to hatch into a larva? After three days the eggs hatch into larva.

58. Where does the larva grow? It grows in the cell.

59. When is a new queen born? At the end of spring.

60. About how many queen larva are in a hive? About 6.

61. Which direction do worker bees build a comb? From top to bottom.

62. Where are the bees eyes placed? Two on the sides of the head, three on the top of their head in the shape of a triangle.

63. How the honeybee�s tongue protected. It has 4 sheaths that cover up most of the tongue.

64. How does a bumblebee help a honeybee? The bumble bee drills a hole in the back of the flower to get the nectar. This allows the honeybee to reach the nectar without getting any pollen.

65 How much honey does a colony of bees eat in one year? Between 120 and 200 pounds of honey.

66. How far would a honeybee have to fly to find enough nectar to make one pound of honey? About 55, 000 miles.

67. How many trips would a honeybee take from the flower to the hive to produce one ounce of honey? About 1,600 trips to the hive and back again.

68. How far will a be travel from the hive to find food? Honeybees will travel up to 8 miles to find food.

69. How big is the size of a worker bee brain? About the size of the head of a pin.70. How many flowers would a honeybee have to visit to make one pound of

honey? About 2 million flowers.71. How many flowers does a honeybee visit on a busy day? A honeybee can

visit about 2,000 flowers on a busy day!72. How many insects in the world make food for humans? Only the honeybee.73. Name the part of the bee�s body that is used to suck nectar from flowers.

Proboscises.74. How many stomachs do bees have? Bees have two stomachs-- one used as

a regular stomach and one used as the honey stomach which is a holding tank for the nectar.

75. What dance do bees do to tell others that there is food near the hive? A circle dance.

76. Get 1 Honey Money for each message a bee can send with pheromones. ~I live in the same hive as you ~I don't know you ~I'm a worker ~I'm the queen ~Danger! ~Protect the hive!

77. Define propolis. A red or brown resinous substance collected by honeybees from tree buds, used to seal crevices and seal and varnish honeycombs.

78. What is the scientific name for beekeeping? Apiculture.79. What is the genus for honeybees? Apis.80. Where is the mandible on a honeybee? On either side of the honeybee�s

head.81. What does a honeybee use its mandible for? These jaw-like structures are

used to chew honey and pollen, and to knead wax. 82. How many wings does a honeybee have? two sets of flat, thin, membranous

wings, strengthened by various veins. The fore wings are larger than the hind wings.83. Define honey sac. the stomach-like organ that is connected by a funnel

shaped valve to the digestive tract. The nectar stored here will be unloaded into empty hive cells or passed on to house bees for food.

84. Define midgut or ventriculus. the stomach section in the abdomen which digests food.

85. What type of light does the compound eye see? ultraviolet light, which is invisible to the human eye, as well as visible light (except red

86. What color does the honeybee not see with its compound eye? Red.87. What part of a honeybee detects odors? Its antennae.88. What part of the honeybee detects movement? The antennae.89. Where is the honeybee�s pollen basket? the outer hind leg that is fringed with

long, curved hairs that hold the pollen in place. 90. Define larva. hatched from the egg the queen bee lays, the larva will pupate

and eventually turn into an adult insect.91. What food is fed to the baby queen bee? Royal jelly.92. How does a worker bee tell the others when she has found a good source of

food? She dances93. How many times can a worker bee sting a mammal? Only once.94. What type of animal is the honeybee? An insect.95. Which is larger, a worker bee or a queen bee? A queen bee is the biggest

bee in the hive.96. What are scout bees? Bees that search for food sources.97. How many days does it take a honeybee egg to hatch? Three days.98. How did honeybees get to America? The pilgrims brought them.99. Get 1 Honey Money for each fruit that you can name that relies heavily on

honeybees for pollination. Apples, blueberries, cherries, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, pears, plums, (almonds), apricots, avocados, blackberries, cranberries, cucumbers, pears, raspberries, strawberries and watermelons.

100. What type of honey is the most common in the United States-which flower does the honey bee collect the most nectar from? Clover.

101. What does a beekeeper use to calm bees? Smoke.102. Get 1 Honey Money for each task performed by a worker bee.hive cleaning, feeding the brood, caring for the queen, feeding the drones, guarding the hive, fanning the nectar, building cells, collecting pollen and

nectar)103. Where in the hive does the queen lay her eggs? In the brood chamber.104. Why won�t a drone help defend the hive? He has no stinger.104. Where do bees store pollen on their return flight to the hive? In pollen

baskets on their hind legs.105. What determines the color of the honey? The flowers that the bees collect

nectar from.106. Which spends more days in the cell as an immature bee, the worker or the

queen? Worker bees take 5 days longer to develop.107. Why are honeybees called social insects? They live together and have

different jobs to keep the hive alive.

108. Why is it a good idea to wash your clothing after you have been stung by a honeybee? Because bees leave behind a smell that attracts other bees and warns of danger.

109. Get 1 Honey Money for each thing a beekeeper must do to keep a hive alive through the winter. Feed the bees and protect the hive.

110. Why can�t drones gather their own food? They do not have a long enough proboscis and can therefore not suck nectar

111. Get 1 Honey Money for each product made with beeswax. Lipstick, other cosmetics, shoe polish, floor polish, artists� crayons, buffing wax, you may also find other uses and count them.

112. What did people first keep bees in? In logs or clay pots.113. Get 1 Honey Money for each thing you can name that attracts bees.Sweet scents, bright colors and movement114. Which honeybee has a reusable stinger? Only the queen bee.115. Why does a worker bee die after it stings a mammal? The worker bee�s

stinger has barbs that get stuck in the skin of a mammal.116. What are two characteristics that all insects have? six legs and 3 body

sections.117. Get 1 Honey Money for each thing that you can name that field bees gather.

Pollen, nectar, propolis and water118. How many trips will a worker bee make in a single day? Ten.119. Where do bees live? In a hive.120. What does a bee mix with nectar to make honey? An enzyme.121. How do bees cool the hive? By fanning their wings at the entrance to

increase air flow.122. How doe bees help evaporate water from the hive? By fanning their wings.123. Why do honeybees make honey? It is what they eat.124. Who were the first beekeepers? Ancient Egyptians.125. What did the people in the middle ages use to keep their bees in? A straw

skep. 126. How much honey does a worker bee make in it�s lifetime? About 1/12

teaspoon.127. Bees were first kept for what reason? Because their wax was highly prized

for candles.128. How many miles must a hive of bees fly (all the worker bees combined) to

make an 8 ounce jar of honey? They must fly a combined distance of 55,000 miles.

Bees communicate to one another by dancing, which can be understood in complete darkness.

A queen bee can lay up to 3000 eggs in one day - that's 175-200 thousand annually.

One hive may hold up to 80,000 bees - one queen, a few hundred drone (males), and the rest workers.

When Alexander the Great died, he was carried back to Greece in a golden coffin filled with honey.

One gallon of honey equals the combined flight distance of going to the moon and back.

Bees have a magnetic band around their brains to help them navigate.

The healing use of the products from a honeybee hive is called Apitherapy.

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