Bees Word Search
Bees and beekeeping supply the words here, hive and honey included. A honey bee colony has one queen, and worker bees tell each other where flowers are by dancing inside the dark hive.
Bees word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- drone
- hive
- honey
- nectar
- pollen
- queen
- stinger
- swarm
- wax
- worker
Bees word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- beekeeper
- buzz
- colony
- drone
- flowers
- hive
- honey
- nectar
- pollen
- pollinate
- queen
- stinger
- swarm
- wax
- worker
Bees word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- apiary
- beekeeper
- brood
- bumblebee
- buzz
- colony
- drone
- flowers
- forager
- hive
- honey
- larva
- nectar
- pollen
- pollinate
- queen
- stinger
- swarm
- wax
- worker
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Words in the Bees word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- honey
- Sweet food bees make from nectar and store in the comb.
- hive
- The nest or box where a bee colony lives.
- queen
- The single egg-laying female in a honey bee colony.
- pollen
- Flower dust bees collect as protein for their young.
- nectar
- Sweet flower liquid bees gather and turn into honey.
- wax
- Material worker bees make to build the comb.
- stinger
- Sharp tip a worker bee uses to defend the colony.
- worker
- Female bee that cleans, feeds, builds and forages.
- drone
- Male bee whose only job is to mate with a queen.
- swarm
- Group of bees leaving with a queen to start a new home.
- buzz
- Sound made by wings beating very quickly.
- flowers
- Plants bees visit for food and pollinate as they go.
- colony
- The whole family of bees living together.
- beekeeper
- Person who keeps and cares for bee colonies.
- pollinate
- Move pollen between flowers so seeds and fruit can form.
- bumblebee
- Large furry bee that nests in small underground colonies.
- apiary
- Place where several beehives are kept together.
- larva
- Grub that hatches from a bee egg in its cell.
- brood
- The eggs, larvae and pupae growing in the comb.
- forager
- Older worker bee that flies out to collect food.
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