Glossary
A
- abandoned
- - left and didn't return
- abdomen
- - the part of the body that contains the stomach and intestines
- accommodate
- - Help or solve a need
- accurate
- - correct, exact, with little or no error
- aggressive
- - Forceful, violent or hostile
- antennae
- - an organ attached to the head of an insect which is sensitive to feelings and sometimes odors
- anther
- - the yellow part inside the flower at the top of a long, thin stalk that holds pollen grains
- attracted
- - interested
B
- barb
- - hook
- beekeepers
- - people who raise bees
- beneficial
- - good
- bloom
- - blossom
- bred
- - to grow or raise
C
- chemicals
- - a basic substance that has a reaction with other substances
- colonies
- - groups of the same life form which live together
- combs
- - little rooms
- communicate
- - talk
- compound
- - a molecule made of atoms of different elements; two or more atoms joined together chemically
D
- debris
- - something to get rid of, often garbage
- defend
- - to guard from an attack
- deposited
- - place or put
- drones
- - male bees
E
- efficient
- - functioning well, without wasting time or effort
- Europeans
- - people from Europe
- evaporate
- - when a liquid dissolves into a gas due to heat or sunlight
- excess
- - too much
- exchanged
- - traded
- exoskeleton
- - a hard outer structure, such as the shell of an insect, that provides protection or support for an organism
H
- Hymenoptera
- - an animal group that includes bees, ants and wasps
I
- infections
- - illness caused by germs
- inject
- - insert
- irritant
- - annoying to the skin
L
- larvae
- - the young of an insect
M
- migrated
- - moved in a pattern
N
- nectar
- - liquid food in flowers
O
- ovary
- - the part of the plant that provides for offspring
P
- parasites
- - organism that lives in or on the body of an organism of another species
- pesticides
- - A chemical for the use of killing plant or animal pests
- pheromones
- - chemicals put out by certain living things
- pistil
- - the female part of the flower
- pollen
- - powder-like substance that covers the anthers and is necessary to make seeds, the material that bees collect
- pollination
- - the moving of the pollen from the anther to the stigma
- primarily
- - mostly one thing
- proboscis
- - a straw-like tube that some insects use to drink liquids
- production
- - something made or built
- protection
- - to keep from harm
R
- regions
- - areas
- remain
- - stay
S
- sawflies
- - a wasp-like insect that does not sting
- secreted
- - release
- species
- - a group of creatures related in some way
- structure
- - something built
- subsequently
- - afterwards
- support
- - maintain
- swarm
- - a huge body of bees that fly together
T
- thorax
- - the part of an insect that holds the legs and wings — between the abdomen and head
- transferred
- - moved from one to another
- translate
- - to change communication from one language to another
- trophallaxis
- - the passing of food from one member to another
V
- venom
- - poison produced by an animal.
W
- workers
- - female bees that do all the work
