Bees crossword
Tap a square and type. Tap it again to switch direction.
Across
- 6 Where a colony lives
- 7 Busy female who gathers and cleans
- 8 Male bee with no sting
- 9 Veiled person who tends the colonies
- 10 Place where many hives are kept
Down
- 1 Yellow dust carried on hairy legs
- 2 Device puffed to calm a colony
- 3 Blooms visited on foraging trips
- 4 Sugary flower liquid collected for making sweetness
- 5 Grub stage growing inside a cell
- 6 Sweet golden food stored in the comb
- 9 Humming sound of wings, or a bit of gossip
About this puzzle
A 19 by 8 crossword with 5 across and 7 down, on the subject of Bees.
- Grid
- 19 x 8
- Across
- 5
- Down
- 7
- Longest answer
- BEEKEEPER (9 letters)
Show the answer key
- 1 down: POLLEN. Yellow dust carried on hairy legs
- 2 down: SMOKER. Device puffed to calm a colony
- 3 down: FLOWERS. Blooms visited on foraging trips
- 4 down: NECTAR. Sugary flower liquid collected for making sweetness
- 5 down: LARVA. Grub stage growing inside a cell
- 6 across: HIVE. Where a colony lives
- 6 down: HONEY. Sweet golden food stored in the comb
- 7 across: WORKER. Busy female who gathers and cleans
- 8 across: DRONE. Male bee with no sting
- 9 across: BEEKEEPER. Veiled person who tends the colonies
- 9 down: BUZZ. Humming sound of wings, or a bit of gossip
- 10 across: APIARY. Place where many hives are kept
Questions
- How many clues does this Bees crossword have?
- 5 across and 7 down, on a 19 x 8 grid. The longest answer is BEEKEEPER (9 letters).
- How do I switch between across and down?
- Tap a square to type into it, and tap the same square again to turn the corner. The answer you are filling is shaded on the grid and its clue lights up in the list, so you always know which one you are on.
- Will it tell me when a letter is wrong?
- Only when you ask. Press Check letters and any wrong letter is marked. A crossword is solved by reasoning across two answers at once, and flagging a letter the moment it is typed takes that away.
- Can I print this crossword?
- Yes. The printable version carries the same grid and clues with the answer key, at three difficulties.
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