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An In Depth Look at Bees and Bee Related Definitions

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Anther

The area where pollen is developed and contained in a plant.

Apiarist

A beekeeper.

Bee Dance

Movement of the bee on comb to communicate the direction and distance of a source of nectar.

Beehive

A place where a bee colony dwells.

Beeswax

Secreted wax from the underside glands of the bee's abdomen. Bees mold the wax to form honeycombs.

Cell

The six-sided compartment of a honeycomb.

Colony

A community of several thousand worker bees, drones and one queen.

Comb Honey

Honey in the comb.

Crystallization

Honey is a supersaturated solution. Crystals will develop in honey when glucose crystallizes out of solution. Crystallization of honey is most rapid at 57°F

Drone

A male bee. Drones have large eyes and a fat body.

Extracted Honey

Honey taken from the comb by a special machine called an extractor and sold in liquid form.

Extractor

A machine that rotates honey comb with great speed to remove the honey.

Field Bees

Those bees in the hive that are mature enough to fly from the hive on foraging missions.

Hexagon

A figure with six sides and six angles.

Hive

A man-made structure for bees.

Honey

A sweet, viscous fluid produced by bees from plant nectar.

Honeybee

An insect with three pairs of legs, four wings, a stinger and a special stomach which holds nectar. The honeybee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.

Honeycomb

Hexagonal back-to-back cells built by honeybees.

Nectar

A sweet secretion from flowers of various plants.

Pistil

A flower's central female organ that contains the stigma, style and ovary.

Pollen

Male reproductive cells of flowers. Bees collect pollen to use as food for their young. It is the protein part of a bee's diet.

Pollen Basket

On the hindleg of a bee, a smooth area surrounded by stiff hairs, which is adapted for carrying pollen.

Pollination

Fertilization of a flowering plant. The transfer of pollen from the anthers of a plant to the ovaries of that or another flower.

Queen

Sexually developed female bee. The queen is the mother of all the bees in the colony. she has a long, pointed abdomen.

Social Insect

Insects which live in a family society, with parents and off spring sharing a common dwelling place and exhibiting some degree of mutual cooperation.

Stamen

Male part of a flower where pollen-producing anther are borne.

Worker Bee

Sexually undeveloped female.

*Courtesy of the National Honey Board *