Crossword puzzle about Hive Inspections

Just for fun, I did a crossword on hive inspections that I plan to put in the GBA Newsletter, but I thought I'd put it here as well for your fun and games:


If you'd like to work it online, here's the link.

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Hive inspections

Across

Seeing these on an

inspection lets you know

without having to see her

that the queen is alive and

doing well

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What it feels like a ten frame

deep full of honey weighs

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Used to make the bees think

there is a forest fire

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If the temperature outside is

under 60 it is probably too

___ to open your hive for an

inspection

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What's left in the smoker

when the pine straw is all

burned up

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Sometimes you need to use

this tool to get the bees off

of a frame for easier

observation

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Another name for a hive

super

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Some beekeepers just use

one puff of smoke at the hive

entry to greet the bees and

say __

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If you see a small hive

beetle, _____ it with your hive

tool!

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In an inspection you place

the top cover upside down

on the ground so you can

stack the boxes __ it as you

remove them from the hive

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Really thick honey does not

pour quickly out of the cell

but is more likely to do this

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When the beekeeper sees

this in the cells, he/she feels

great if there are multiple

colors

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A term to describe how bees

make honeycomb on

foundation

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This or other varieties of this

substance can be used to

refill small hive beetle traps

during an inspection

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If you use hive drapes, you

should pick tightly woven

material. Bees have hair all

over their bodies and are

likely to get caught in the

material if it is nappy or

_____.

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The drone is not a girl.

Instead the drone is a ___

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State that is the largest

source of package bees in

the country

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The last three letters of the

protective headgear worn

during an inspection

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Down

Description of slime left by

small hive beetle

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Bees typically land in the

entry and walk in__ their hive

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We want to find in our

inspection that the hive is __

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It's better for your hive to

face east or southeast than

this direction

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What the queen is to the

bees in the hive

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When you hurry and ____

through an inspection, you

are likely to miss something

important or to make a costly

error like dropping a frame

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Collect this to melt and make

hive products

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An essential implement to do

a hive inspection

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Term for larvae

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If you only see drone brood

in an inspection, you may

have a _______ queen

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The key to a successful hive

inspection is to move ______.

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Delicious product of a strong

hive

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The drone is not the Mama

of the bees but when he

mates with the queen, he

becomes the __.

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If you break open a lot of

honeycomb during an

inspection, you invite other

bees to do this to the hive

you are inspecting

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An abbreviation for

Tennessee apiary! Or when

you close up the hive at the

end of an inspection, you

might say, __dah!

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