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The Hive Detectives

The Hive Detectives. Vocabulary Words. Honey. Flower nectar that has been gathered by bees, stored in honeycomb, and concentrated by evaporation. http://www.cepolina.com/beehive.html. http://www.morguefile.com/. Pollen.

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The Hive Detectives

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  1. The Hive Detectives Vocabulary Words

  2. Honey • Flower nectar that has been gathered by bees, stored in honeycomb, and concentrated by evaporation. http://www.cepolina.com/beehive.html http://www.morguefile.com/

  3. Pollen • The male reproductive material of plants; pollen is used by bees and many other insects as a source of proteins and food.

  4. Robbing • The removal of honey from a weak or abandoned beehive, most often by other bees or insects. http://www.morguefile.com/

  5. Apiary • An area in which managed honey bee colonies are kept; also called a bee yard. http://www.morguefile.com/

  6. Brood • Developing bees, including eggs, larvae, and pupae. http://www.morguefile.com/

  7. Catastrophe • A large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure.

  8. Colony • Family of honey bees living together in a hive, including workers, drones, and a single queen.

  9. Drone • Male honey bee.

  10. Forage • To search for food; the location where such food is found can be called a foraging site.

  11. Larva • The grub like stage of honey bee development; the larva hatches from an egg and eventually transforms into a pupa (plural is larvae). http://www.morguefile.com/

  12. Nectar • Sugary substance produced by most flowers and collected by honey bees in order to produce honey.

  13. Veil • Protective headgear worn by beekeepers. http://www.cepolina.com/beehive.html http://www.morguefile.com/

  14. Alarm Pheromone • A scented chemical released by honey bees in response to stress, especially when stinging an enemy.

  15. Ovipositor • An egg-laying organ.

  16. Parthenogenesis • Reproductive process in which females produce offspring from unfertilized eggs. http://www.morguefile.com/

  17. Pathogen • A disease-producing organism.

  18. Propolis • Sticky substance produced by plants and trees and collected by honey bees for use as a hive sealant. http://www.morguefile.com/

  19. Image Resources • Some images from Microsoft clipart • http://www.cepolina.com/beehive.html • http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/search.php?search=bee&cat= • http://www.morguefile.com/ MorgueFilefree photo : You are allowed to copy, distribute, transmit the work and to adapt the work. Attribution is not required. You are prohibited from using this work in a stand alone manner. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlEZU5L-M0E&feature=related • All definitions: Burns, L. G. (2010). The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe. New York, N.Y. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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