They're industrious characters, you say (4) |
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On a spring night, you may hear the buzzing from these honey-making insects |
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Honey gatherers |
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Proverbially busy creatures (4) |
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Insects that sting |
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Spelling contests |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2024 |
Wax figures? |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2024 |
Workers in gardens |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2024 |
What creatures put more Australians in hospital than snakes or spiders do? (4) |
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Flying pollinating insects (4) |
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Busy people's letters (4) |
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The ___, Brentford FC nickname (4) |
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Swarming insects |
Commuter |
27 Jan 2024 |
Producers of sweet item introducing ER 'A2' 60519 nameplate (4) |
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Stingers |
Commuter |
05 Jan 2024 |
Honey bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2023 |
Honey-loving insects |
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Flying insects |
Commuter |
07 Dec 2023 |
Honey-making insects |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2023 |
Nectar collectors |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2023 |
Declining population in headlines |
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The ___ knees |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2023 |
Honey-making insects |
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Insects — hear them in B&B |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
19 Oct 2023 |
Honey bunch |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2023 |
Pollen foragers |
Universal |
23 Aug 2023 |
Honey-making insects |
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Honey-making insects |
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Nectar collectors |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2023 |
Hive insects |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2023 |
Members of the genus Apis |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2023 |
Some queens but not kings |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2023 |
Honey bunch? |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jun 2023 |
Honey bunch |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2023 |
Nectar seekers |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2023 |
Hive occupants |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2023 |
Some drones |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2023 |
A swarm of _____ |
Canadiana |
06 Mar 2023 |
"The Secret Life of ___," 2001 Sue Monk Kidd novel that was adapted into a 2008 film starring Queen Latifah |
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Vocabulary insects? |
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Orchard pollinators |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2023 |
Honey producers |
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Hive group |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2023 |
Honey makers |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2022 |
Hive dwellers |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2022 |
Honey bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2022 |
'Busy' ones |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2022 |
“Busy” ones |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2022 |
Honey handlers |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2022 |
Honey bunch? |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Oct 2022 |
They have queens but no kings |
Family Time |
17 Oct 2022 |
Insects — two of them in rubbish |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Oct 2022 |
Buzzing insects |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2022 |
Hive insects |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2022 |
Hive population |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2022 |
The ___ knees (outstandingly good person or thing) |
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The birds and the ___ |
Universal |
25 Aug 2022 |
A queen's workers |
Family Time |
21 Aug 2022 |
Royal servers to the Queen |
Family Time |
21 Jul 2022 |
Quilting parties |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2022 |
Apiphobe's phobia |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2022 |
Focus of Apiology which featured in the film "Jupiter Ascending" |
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Small drones |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2022 |
They work in cells |
The Washington Post |
08 Apr 2022 |
Honey bunch |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2022 |
They work in cells |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2022 |
They generate buzz |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Apr 2022 |
Honey bunch |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2022 |
Buzzers |
The Washington Post |
06 Mar 2022 |
Buzzers |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2022 |
Hive group |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2022 |
The ___ knees |
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Honey bunch? |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Feb 2022 |
Honey bunch |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2022 |
Quilting events |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2022 |
Quilting events |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2022 |
Queen __ |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2022 |
Nectar collectors |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2022 |
Spelling competitions |
Universal |
04 Feb 2022 |
Behind the scenes around the fringes working on the production for The Queen |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Jan 2022 |
Spelling contests |
Family Time |
26 Dec 2021 |
Honey bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Dec 2021 |
Some visit violets |
Universal |
18 Dec 2021 |
Half a sex-ed metaphor, with "the" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2021 |
Four-winged insects |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Dec 2021 |
Hive swarm |
Premier Sunday |
12 Dec 2021 |
Individuals in hives |
Universal |
07 Dec 2021 |
Queen’s subjects |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2021 |
Honey makers |
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They have queens but no kings |
Family Time |
08 Nov 2021 |
A grist of ____ |
Canadiana |
08 Nov 2021 |
Honey-makers? |
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Hive dwellers |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2021 |
"More Than Honey" insects |
Universal |
25 Oct 2021 |
Honey bunch? |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Sep 2021 |
Flower pollinators |
Universal |
25 Aug 2021 |
Honey bunch? |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Aug 2021 |
Honey bunch? |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Aug 2021 |
Buzzing pollinators |
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Behind the scenes around the edges, working on the production for The Queen |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Jun 2021 |
Nectar collectors |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2021 |
Hive insects |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2021 |
Stinging insects |
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Honey makers |
Family Time |
14 Mar 2021 |
Hive beings? |
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Workers in gardens |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2021 |
Humbugs? |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2021 |
Honeybunch? |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2021 |
Hive buzzers |
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Fliers with combs |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2021 |
Fliers with combs |
The Washington Post |
05 Feb 2021 |
Buzzing swarmers |
Family Time |
25 Jan 2021 |
Those with hive minds? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Jan 2021 |
Honey-loving insects |
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Hive group |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Dec 2020 |
Hive dwellers |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2020 |
Honey bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Dec 2020 |
Hairy-bodied insects |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 Dec 2020 |
Spelling contests |
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Insects that hover near flowers |
Family Time |
23 Nov 2020 |
Buzzing insects |
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Subjects of queens |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Sep 2020 |
Makers of food in wax |
Universal |
12 Sep 2020 |
Some barn raisings |
Canadiana |
31 Aug 2020 |
Honey bunch |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2020 |
Plant kingdom/animal kingdom connectors |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2020 |
& 22. Something neat, with 'the' |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2020 |
Rose pollinators |
Universal |
05 Jul 2020 |
Quilting sessions |
The New Yorker |
01 Jun 2020 |
Rose garden insects |
Universal |
16 May 2020 |
Contents of an apiary |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2020 |
Busy buzzers |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2020 |
Honey bunch? |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Mar 2020 |
Honey makers? |
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Nectar collectors |
Universal |
01 Mar 2020 |
Honey bunch |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2020 |
Flower-loving buzzers |
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Carpenters and masons, for two |
Family Time |
13 Jan 2020 |
Spelling contests |
The Washington Post |
06 Nov 2019 |
Spelling contests |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2019 |
Buzzing pollinators |
|
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Sting-y pollinators? |
Universal |
20 Sep 2019 |
Workers in an orchard |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2019 |
Hive dwellers |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2019 |
Pollinating insects |
Universal |
25 Jul 2019 |
What apiphobes fear |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2019 |
Apiary dwellers |
Jonesin |
25 Jun 2019 |
Behind the scenes around the edges working on the production for The Queen |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 May 2019 |
Makers of fine combs |
New York Times |
04 May 2019 |
Social workers said to have outstanding knees? |
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Swarm members |
USA Today |
01 Apr 2019 |
'Ulee's Gold' insects |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2019 |
Winged collectors |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2019 |
Winged collectors |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2019 |
Honey-making insects |
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Drones, e.g |
The Washington Post |
05 Jan 2019 |
Drones, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2019 |
Sting-y pollinators? |
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Swarm members |
|
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"Ulee's Gold" insects |
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Drones, e.g. |
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Pollinating insects |
|
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Busy buzzers |
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Workers in an orchard |
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Makers of fine combs |
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Winged collectors |
|
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What apiphobes fear |
|
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Honey producers |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2018 |
They might break out in hives |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2018 |
Insects famous for making honey |
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'Subjects' of a queen, not a king |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2018 |
Drones or workers |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2018 |
Apiary creatures |
Universal |
27 Jun 2018 |
Domesticated swarm |
USA Today |
21 May 2018 |
Honey bunches? |
New York Times |
10 May 2018 |
Behind the scenes around the edges working on the production of The Queen |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 May 2018 |
Buzz makers |
Universal |
30 Apr 2018 |
Domesticated insects |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2018 |
Four-winged insects |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Apr 2018 |
Buzzers around blossoms |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2018 |
Queens and drones |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2018 |
Honey making insects |
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Buzzers on blossoms |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2018 |
Honey makers |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jan 2018 |
"Subjects" of a queen, not a king |
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Honey bunches? |
|
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They might break out in hives |
|
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Queens and drones |
|
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Drones or workers |
|
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Domesticated swarm |
|
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Buzzers on blossoms |
|
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Apiary creatures |
|
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Hive denizens |
|
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Buzz makers |
|
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Hive denizens |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2018 |
Hive denizens |
The Washington Post |
01 Jan 2018 |
Honey-making insects |
|
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Honey bunch |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2017 |
Honey bunch |
The Washington Post |
08 Dec 2017 |
Fliers with stingers |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2017 |
Fliers with stingers |
The Washington Post |
12 Nov 2017 |
Spelling contests |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2017 |
Buzzers used in sex education part II |
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Their quarters are combed for food |
|
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Colony members |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2017 |
They can make quite a buzz |
Universal |
12 Jun 2017 |
Honey bunch? |
Universal |
15 May 2017 |
They generate buzz |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2017 |
"Ulee's Gold" insects |
USA Today |
11 May 2017 |
Honeycomb makers |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2017 |
Building society engaging phone company workers |
|
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Insects that make honey |
|
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Hive group |
Premier Sunday |
12 Feb 2017 |
Swarm members |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2017 |
Fliers with stingers |
|
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They can make quite a buzz |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Colony members |
|
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Honeycomb makers |
|
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Spelling contests |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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Contests whose competitors stand in place |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2016 |
Notice bishop upset busy groups |
|
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Hive buzzers |
Premier Sunday |
11 Sep 2016 |
Insects with a waggle dance |
Jonesin |
06 Sep 2016 |
Swarm members |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2016 |
See 16-Across |
The Washington Post |
12 Jul 2016 |
Wax makers |
New York Times |
03 May 2016 |
Nectar collectors |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2016 |
Some domesticated insects |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2016 |
Hive creatures |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2016 |
Buzzing bunch |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2016 |
Honey makers |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2016 |
Honey makers |
|
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Buzzers around blossoms |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2015 |
Sounds like a number of grades of honey producers |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Nov 2015 |
Honey bunch? |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2015 |
Honey bunch? |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2015 |
Queen's subjects |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2015 |
Stinging insects |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2015 |
Pollen spreaders |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2015 |
37-Down's concerns |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2015 |
Workers as second-rate characters? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 May 2015 |
Flower fanciers |
Universal |
30 Apr 2015 |
Buzzing insects |
Family Time |
13 Apr 2015 |
Hive inhabitants |
Canadiana |
06 Apr 2015 |
Certain contests |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2015 |
Spelling and quilting |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2015 |
Honey bunch |
|
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Stinging insects |
|
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Queen's subjects |
|
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Pollen spreaders |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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Hive dwellers |
|
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Insects that attack Nicolas Cage in "The Wicker Man" |
|
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Certain contests |
|
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Buzzers around blossoms |
|
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37-Down's concerns |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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Workers all abuzz |
|
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Comb builders |
|
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Spelling and quilting |
|
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Flower fanciers |
|
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Apiary dwellers |
|
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Apiary denizens |
|
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Quilters' gatherings |
|
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Nectar collectors |
|
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Hive dwellers |
|
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Hive insects |
|
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Comb users |
|
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Swarm around a hive |
|
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Queen's subjects |
|
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Flower fanciers |
|
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Hive residents |
|
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Some queens |
|
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Nectar collectors |
|
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They have a queen but no king |
|
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Queen's followers |
|
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Waggle dance insects |
|
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Quilting parties |
|
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Critters experiencing colony collapse disorder |
|
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Quilting parties |
|
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Stinging insects |
|
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Some contests |
|
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Insects with "secret lives," per a Sue Monk Kidd title |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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Busy buzzers |
|
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Swarming stingers |
|
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Sue Monk Kidd's insects with a "secret life" |
|
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Waggle-dancing insects |
|
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Some school competitions |
|
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Flower-loving buzzers |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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Comb users |
|
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Stingy bunch? |
|
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Apiphobe's bane |
|
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Quilters' gatherings |
|
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Nectar collectors |
|
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Quilting events |
|
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Workers in the garden |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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Alanis Morissette "Knees of My ___" |
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Some school competitions |
|
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Swarming stingers |
|
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Mockingbird prey |
|
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Some buzzers |
|
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"Birds do it, ___ do it, even educated fleas do it" |
|
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Waggle dancers |
|
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Waggle-dancing insects |
|
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Honey makers |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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With 131-Across, greatest thing |
|
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Hive population |
|
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Jewel Akens: "The Birds and the ___" |
|
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Apiphobe's fear |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Apiphobe's fear |
|
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Waggle dance performers |
|
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They sting |
|
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Domesticated insects |
|
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With 131-Across, greatest thing |
|
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Buzzing swarmers |
|
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Buzzing swarmers |
|
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Queen's offspring |
|
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Some socials |
|
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Busy insects |
|
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Source of Ulee's gold |
|
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Source of Ulee's gold |
|
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Queen's offspring |
|
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Cellblock workers? |
|
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Quilting klatsches |
|
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Quilting events |
|
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Domesticated insects |
|
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Symbols of industry |
|
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Wax workers |
|
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Birds' partners |
|
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Hummers at home in hives |
|
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Sex education subject? |
|
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Melissophobe's fear |
|
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Some competitions |
|
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Queen's followers |
|
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Spelling contests |
|
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Queen's subjects |
|
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Melissophobe's fear |
|
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Spelling competitions |
|
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Sting operators? |
|
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Nectar harvesters |
|
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Events for spellers |
|
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Epitomes of busyness |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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"Gold" producers in "Ulee's Gold" |
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Cell builders |
|
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Producers of some storage cells |
|
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Many are drones |
|
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Waggle dance performers |
|
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Quilting parties |
|
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Queen's subjects |
|
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Wax producers |
|
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Theme of this puzzle |
|
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Work parties |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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Busy buzzers |
|
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17-Across's charge |
|
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17-Across's charge |
|
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Some social workers |
|
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They love their queen |
|
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Spelling contests |
|
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Garden buzzers |
|
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Spelling competitions |
|
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Contests |
|
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Quilting events |
|
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Partner of birds |
|
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Hairy-bodied insects |
|
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Some contests |
|
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Industrious fliers |
|
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Work parties |
|
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Contests |
|
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Industrious fliers |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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Hive hummers |
|
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Flower fanciers |
|
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5338 |
|
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Sex education subject? |
|
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Sting operators? |
|
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"The __ knees" (great) |
|
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Quilting parties |
|
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Creators of Ulee's gold |
|
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Flying buzzers |
|
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Quilters' parties |
|
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Some queens |
|
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Buzzing swarm |
|
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Some gatherings |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Small buzzers |
|
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Workers in gardens |
|
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They may lead to hives |
|
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Some are killer |
|
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Hive hummers |
|
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Quilters' parties |
|
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Apian group |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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They make Pooh's favorite food |
|
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Honey handlers |
|
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Ones with combs |
|
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Birds' partners, in sex ed |
|
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Pollen spreaders |
|
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Nectar collectors |
|
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Pollen distributors |
|
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Apiary residents |
|
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Spelling contests |
|
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Apiary residents |
|
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Nectar collectors |
|
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Workers all abuzz |
|
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Some drones |
|
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Honey bunch? |
|
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Quilters' gatherings |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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Wax makers |
|
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With 102 Down, marvelous person |
|
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What hives house |
|
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Hive residents |
|
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Quilters' gatherings |
|
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Hum bugs |
|
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Apiary residents |
|
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Spelling contests with buzzers? |
|
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14-Across residents |
|
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Epitomes of busyness |
|
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Apiary residents |
|
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Honeycomb makers |
|
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Queen's subjects |
|
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Some are queens, others workers |
|
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Apiary residents |
|
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Spelling contests |
|
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Honey producers |
|
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Busy buzzers |
|
|
Stingers |
|
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"The ____ knees" (great) |
|
|
Hymenopterans |
|
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Spelling contests |
|
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"The _____ knees" (the cat's meow) |
|
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Sting operation? |
|
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"The _____ knees" |
|
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Drones and queens |
|
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Apiary residents |
|
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Drones, for example |
|
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"The ___ knees" (great) |
|
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Good marks |
|
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Competitions |
|
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Sting operators? |
|
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Honeycomb makers |
|
|
Birds' partners |
|
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"The __ knees" |
|
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Wax producers |
|
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Insects that can spell? |
|
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See 67-Across |
|
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Waggle dance performers |
|
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Good grades |
|
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Good marks |
|
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Nectar collectors |
|
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Hymenoptera |
|
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Companions of birds |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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Quilters' gatherings |
|
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Workers among the flowers |
|
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Hive dwellers |
|
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Partner of birds |
|
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Colony workers |
|
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Carpenters and masons |
|
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Quilters' gatherings |
|
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Apian creatures |
|
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Busy bodies |
|
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Birds' companions |
|
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Quilting and spelling |
|
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Apiary denizens |
|
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Bonnet occupants |
|
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Buzzers |
|
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Some parties |
|
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Hive denizens |
|
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Hive denizens |
|
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Killer _____ |
|
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Sex education subject? |
|
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Some involve spelling |
|
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Bonnet residents |
|
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Nectar noshers |
|
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Honey bunch |
|
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Followers of birds? |
|
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Apiarist's concern |
|
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Sting operators? |
|
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Drones |
|
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Apiary denizens |
|
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Apiarist's assets |
|
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Symbols of industry |
|
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Bonnet occupants |
|
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Bonnet denizens |
|
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Honey producers |
|
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Kind of wax |
|
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Work sessions |
|
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Apiary dwellers |
|
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Topic for Maeterlinck |
|
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Karbis |
|
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Honey harvesters |
|
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Apiary inmates |
|
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Quilting events |
|
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Socials |
|
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___ knees |
|
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Friendly contests |
|
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School contests |
|
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Insects |
|
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Gatherings |
|
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Colonizer |
|
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Busy creatures |
|
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Gatherings of sorts. |
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Birds' partners. |
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Parties. |
|
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Apiarist's specialty. |
|
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Buzzers. |
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Certain socials. |
|
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Symbols of busyness. |
|
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Workers or drones. |
|
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Purposive get-togethers. |
|
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Apiarist's concern. |
|
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Queen ___. |
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Get-togethers, country style. |
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Busy ones. |
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Neighborly gatherings. |
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Pollinators. |
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Companion of the flowers. |
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Décor for bonnets. |
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Kin of 50 Across. |
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Quilting parties. |
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Symbols of industry. |
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Contests of a sort. |
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Social gatherings. |
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Four-winged insects. |
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Flowers' companions. |
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Insects. |
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Drones. |
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"And murmuring of innumerable ___.” |
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Queen and drones. |
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Companions of the flowers. |
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Companions of the birds. |
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What apiculturists tend. |
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Apiary dwellers. |
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Neighborly meetings. |
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Gatherings for work, contests, etc. |
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Fabre's subject. |
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Events featuring ten-dollar words |
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Colony figures |
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