Flying Creatures Chapter 11

the head of the social insect group, which lays the eggs

male Hymenoptera which mate with the queen

the Hymenoptera you see, which are all females

order of insects with wings that are thin membranes, including ants, bees, and wasps

thin "waist" in front of abdomen connecting to the thorax, found in Hymenoptera

male and female winged ants

group of flying winged Hymenoptera

workers that tend to the queen and brood

workers that help build the nest

tunnels in an ant hill

rooms in an ant hill

worker ants that look for food

worker ants that collect food

worker ants that remove waste from the anthill

heap of waste from an anthill (trash pile)

substance bees use to build hives

food fed to larvae to become workers

worker bee that feed larvae and make royal jelly

worker bee that keeps the hive cool, packs pollen, and makes honey

worker bee that builds the hive and produces beeswax

worker bee that guards the hive

worker bee that takes honey from weaker hives

worker bee that searches for flowers

dance to tell gatherers about flowers near hive

dance to tell gatherers about flowers farther away

main food for bees, which is a mixture of honey and pollen

sticky fluid gathered from tree buds used to fix hive

a collection of hive cells

an acid that ants emit, making their bites painful

honeybees bred in Brazil, also called killer bees

worker termites that protect the colony

six-sided shape bees create for each cell in their hive

small insects ants sometimes shepherd and protect for their honeydew

tiny creatures termites must swallow to digest cellulose