| AMBROSIA | Mixture of pollen and nectar fed by bees to their larvae, also called bee bread (8) |
| BEEBREAD | A mixture of pollen and nectar also called ambrosia |
| MONARCHBUTTERFLIES | Their larvae feed on milkweed |
| BEE | "Ambrosia" also known as a mixture of pollen and nectar as "___ bread" (3) |
| BEETROOT | Bee to start with source of vegetable (8) |
| HONEYCOMB | A mass of hexagonal cells built by bees to store their "mel" and pollen; a bewildering maze of caves or rooms etc resembling this; or, the confection cinder toffee aka hokey-pokey (9) |
| BEES | Four-winged hairy insects that gather pollen and nectar, some of which make honey (4) |
| CELLS | The bees form wax into little spaces called ___ which are used for raising the young and storing pollen and honey |
| BEESWAX | Honey- and nectar-scented substance made by the insects looked after by apiculturists, used for candles, lip balm, furniture polish and such like (7) |
| THISTLE | Prickly plant whose flowers, immortalised on coats of arms, coins, Scottish emblems and shortbread rounds, provide downy parachute-like seeds for goldfinches and nectar for bumblebees and painted ladi |
| NECTAR | Sweet substance gathered by bees to make honey (6) |
| POLLINATION | Fertilisation by the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, as effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind (11) |
| DEBASED | Bees to add their own order to being profaned (7) |
| XENIA | Ancient Greek or Homeric concept of hospitality; or, the effect of pollen on seeds and fruit (5) |
| BORING | It's tiresome for a bee to go round and round. (6) |
| YOUARENOTADRONE | Something Michael Jackson hummed to sing his bees to sleep? |
| ELM | One of the large trees known for producing quantities of pollen (3) |
| BRIDETOBE | Intended bird and bee to mix |
| BEMUSE | To sum up, it takes a bee to stupefy me (6) |
| BEGGED | Egged on by a bee to seek help |
