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Swarming
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1 A swarm in July isn't worth
this
3 The glue that holds the
swarm together. The bees
gather where she lands
8 The shape of the cell holding
growing replacements
10 Swarms are free bees which
means you don't have to __
a package
11 Sonny's honey, once
13 To get the queen in shape for
swarming, the workers stop
feeding her and make sure
she does this inside the hive
to slim down
14 This citrus smell is the
essence of swarm lure
15 A country way to say you
ATE some honey
16 The queen has to do this to
get skinny enough to fly
17 Cindy Bee teaches us to cut
the top o of an empty
plastic milk carton to make
one of these to help collect
the swarm
19 To convince the bees that
there is plenty of room in the
hive, this method of frame
manipulation is used
23 If the hive casts a secondary
swarm, the queen in that
swarm is likely to be a
_______

25 These are soft and often

yellow and help the swarm
collector get the bees into
the box
27 75% of bees in a swarm fall
into this age category
28 You'll need this piece of
equipment if the swarm is
higher up than six feet
30 Some flowers have
ultraviolet markings on this
part of the flower to attract
the bees attention
Down
1 If the queen in your swarm is
unmarked, you may have
captured a _____ swarm with
a better chance of surviving
the varroa mite
2 A beekeeper called and
asked if he/she wants to go
collect a swarm usually says
this
4 If she gets lots of this before
swarming, the queen may be
in good enough shape to
take the swarm farther away
from the original hive before
landing
5 A one inch square of
beeswax melted with 1/4
cup olive oil and 12 or so
drops of lemongrass oil can
be smeared in a swarm trap
to serve this attractive
purpose

6 In swarming half the bees

leave the hive along with the
original queen. The other
half of the hive stays behind
with developing queen cells.
If all the bees leave the hive
empty, the process is called
to _______
7 Sometimes it helps to spray
a hive with this before
shaking them into a box
8 What the queen must feel
like she's signed up for when
the bees are making her
workout before the swarm
9 Edible honey was found in
this kings tomb
11 Most people think this issue
in the hive is why bees
swarm
12 Short for honey as a term of
endearment (without the o)
18 Sometimes we ask callers, "
is your swarm the size of a
baseball, a basketball, a _________\\
19 Old time Beekeepers often
recommend doing this to
queen cells to discourage
swarming
20 If a drone were in charge of
the hive instead of the
queen, he would be _____
21 If this weather event
happens, the virgin queen
will be short-bred
22 A light colored one on the
ground under the swarm
helps the collector see the
bees and maybe the queen
24 If you put the swarm in a
Langstroth box, this cover
goes under the telescoping
cover
26 An old bee-smelling piece of
this in the swarm trap or
collection box can help draw
the bees
29 What the scout bees do on
the outside of the swarm
(with all vowels missing)