A TO BEE GLOSSARY

Apiarist: Another name for a beekeeper. Brood: All the immature bees (eggs, larvae and pupae) that live in a hive.

Cell: Honeycomb inside a hive is made up of hexagonal wax cells – this is where bees keep larvae, honey and pollen. Drone: A male honeybee.

Nurse bee: A young worker bee that produces food for the brood.

Queen bee: A female honeybee.

Robber bee: Bees that enter weakor dying colonies to steal honey.

Swarm: When a large group of bees leave an established colony to start a new colony.

Tooting, piping or quacking:

The sound a queen bee makes as she chews her way out of a cell.

Worker piping: Excited worker bees also make a piping sound when they’re about to swarm.

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