| Busy |
| Adios |
| Karbi |
| Mason |
| Drone |
| Insect |
| Droner |
| Social |
| Bumbler |
| Buzzer? |
| Humbug! |
| Hum bug |
| TV aunt |
| Stinger |
| Busy bug |
| ___ Gees |
| Party __ |
| Gathering |
| Bar order |
| Good mark |
| Busy" one |
| Busy type |
| Wax maker |
| Comb user |
| Cell user |
| It stings |
| Spell-off |
| Spelldown |
| ___ queen! |
| Good grade |
| Pollinizer |
| Pollinator |
| Wax worker |
| Buzzy body |
| Wax source |
| Comb maker |
| Spell-down |
| Queen, e.g. |
| Busy insect |
| Picnic pest |
| Busy buzzer |
| Pub serving |
| Drone, e.g. |
| Andy's aunt |
| Bandleader? |
| Bonnet item |
| Cell buzzer |
| Cell insect |
| Comb insect |
| Hive buzzer |
| Mr. Bumble? |
| Sitcom aunt |
| Comb filler |
| Fuzzy flier |
| Loud buzzer |
| Opie's aunt |
| Band leader |
| Hive member |
| Hive insect |
| HARD WORKER |
| Honey maker |
| Cell dweller |
| Honey source |
| Hymenopteron |
| Queen, maybe |
| ___ tee dubs |
| Buzzy insect |
| Clover lover |
| Comb creator |
| Garden flier |
| Hairy insect |
| Hive denizen |
| Hive-dweller |
| Nectar eater |
| Nectar lover |
| Petal lander |
| Petal pusher |
| Pollen lover |
| Quilters' do |
| Spelling ___ |
| Stingy sort? |
| The ___ Gees |
| Barn raising |
| Certain line |
| Fresno daily |
| Quilting ___ |
| Aunt of Andy |
| Comb dweller |
| Hive builder |
| Pollen eater |
| Spelling bug |
| Type of line |
| Bud drinker? |
| Fuzzy buzzer |
| Bumbling one |
| Wax producer |
| Small buzzer |
| Get together |
| Swarm member |
| Many a worker |
| Social worker |
| Bloom visitor |
| Daisy visitor |
| Flying worker |
| Honey grubber |
| Husking event |
| Mayberry aunt |
| Nectar chaser |
| Nectar hunter |
| Nectar expert |
| Petal settler |
| Plant visitor |
| Pollen seeker |
| Quite a drone |
| Spelling meet |
| Urban center? |
| Utah's insect |
| Hive resident |
| Sewing circle |
| Waggle dancer |
| Honey handler |
| Cell occupant |
| Garden buzzer |
| Hive occupant |
| Apiary insect |
| Social affair |
| Winged insect |
| Small stinger |
| Second letter |
| Drone or queen |
| Dragonfly prey |
| Social insect. |
| Bonnet dweller |
| Bonnet buzzer? |
| Bumbling beast |
| Busy as a ____ |
| Keeper's thing |
| Mason or karbi |
| One of a swarm |
| Queen or drone |
| Quilting match |
| Social session |
| Spelling e.g. |
| Stinging thing |
| Sweet stinger? |
| Bonnet visitor |
| Busy creature. |
| Garden worker? |
| Natural buzzer |
| School contest |
| Speller's agon |
| This may sting |
| Anther visitor |
| Apiary dweller |
| Apoidea member |
| Bonnet invader |
| Honey producer |
| Apiary denizen |
| Blossom buzzer |
| Little stinger |
| Work — party |
| Pollen carrier |
| Stinging flier |
| Spelling event |
| Drone, for one |
| Flying stinger |
| Flower visitor |
| Queen, for one |
| Buzzing insect |
| Winged stinger |
| Quilting event |
| Garden visitor |
| Stinging insect |
| Queen's subject |
| Airborne buzzer |
| Bonnet denizen? |
| Communal effort |
| Drone or worker |
| Hive inhabitant |
| Insect contest? |
| Line of a sort |
| Low-tech drone? |
| Queen's consort |
| Queen or worker |
| Quilting party. |
| Quilting social |
| Sewing session. |
| Thing in a comb |
| Type of contest |
| Apiphobe's fear |
| Cause of a buzz |
| Honeycomb maker |
| Nectar detector |
| Quilting klatch |
| Stinging buzzer |
| Venomous insect |
| Apiary occupant |
| Worker or drone |
| Akeelah's event |
| Worker or queen |
| Worker, for one |
| Apiary resident |
| Pollen gatherer |
| Pollen spreader |
| ... and another |
| Blossom visitor |
| Nectar gatherer |
| Certain colonist |
| Social gathering |
| Old-fashioned do |
| Nectar collector |
| A stingy fellow? |
| Apiphobe's worry |
| Builder of cells |
| Contest of sorts |
| Friendly contest |
| Insect in a hive |
| One using a comb |
| Quaint gathering |
| Queen, of a sort |
| Quilters' klatch |
| Sacramento daily |
| Six-legged drone |
| Test for Akeelah |
| This might sting |
| Bonnet occupant? |
| Fresno newspaper |
| Honeycomb insect |
| Mayberry notable |
| Mockingbird prey |
| Peony pollinator |
| Quilting klatsch |
| Sacramento paper |
| Aunt of 1960s TV |
| Buzzer in a hive |
| Community effort |
| Quilting session |
| Sewing gathering |
| Worker in a cell |
| Bumbling worker? |
| Nectar inspector |
| Pollen collector |
| Spelling contest |
| Queen's attendant |
| Tragedy" ___ Gees |
| Apiarist's charge |
| Apiary inhabitant |
| Apiphobiac's fear |
| Bonnet accessory. |
| Comb manufacturer |
| Community contest |
| Contest of a sort |
| Honeycomb creator |
| Mockingbird snack |
| Needling session? |
| Opie's great-aunt |
| Orthographic meet |
| Pollen propagator |
| Queen or quilting |
| Quilter's meeting |
| Quilters' klatsch |
| Quilting activity |
| Speller's contest |
| Spellers' tourney |
| Spelling activity |
| Sting's producer? |
| War of the words? |
| Class competition |
| Flower pollinator |
| Honeycomb builder |
| Little pollinator |
| Meet for a spell? |
| Quilter's session |
| Worker with wings |
| Quilting follower |
| Royal jelly maker |
| Flower fertilizer |
| Akeelah's contest |
| Symbol of industry |
| Rose garden insect |
| Member of a colony |
| Industrious insect |
| Akeelah and the __ |
| Apiarist's subject |
| Bonnet inhabitant? |
| Buzzer in a garden |
| Frontier gathering |
| Helpful pollinator |
| One kind of keeper |
| Pollen distributor |
| Quilting or sewing |
| Spelldown for one |
| Stinger in a swarm |
| The Sacramento ___ |
| Worker in the wild |
| Propolis collector |
| Queen, for example |
| School competition |
| Symbol of busyness |
| Baltimore starter? |
| Insect that buzzes |
| Insect that stings |
| One causing a buzz |
| Quilting gathering |
| Worker in a garden |
| Community gathering |
| Epitome of busyness |
| Frequent pollinator |
| Hymenopteran insect |
| It generates a buzz |
| It serves the queen |
| Letter-perfect time |
| Old-fashioned party |
| Orthography contest |
| Speller's challenge |
| Waggle dance dancer |
| Waggle dance insect |
| Buzzing honey maker |
| Collector of nectar |
| Kind of competition |
| Quaint get-together |
| Quilter's gathering |
| Scripps competition |
| Maker of tiny combs |
| Domesticated insect |
| Honey-making insect |
| A ____ in the bonnet |
| A ... in your bonnet |
| A gathering of sorts |
| Airborne drone, e.g. |
| Annual Scripps event |
| Buzzer with antennae |
| Communityundertaking |
| Creature with a comb |
| Ferdinand's nemesis. |
| Hive-minded creature |
| Honeycomb inhabitant |
| Leaf cutter, for one |
| Letterman's contest? |
| Maker of royal jelly |
| Melissophobic's fear |
| Neighbourly quilting |
| Relative of a social |
| Royal-jelly producer |
| Spelling or knitting |
| Spelling or quilting |
| Start for Baltimore? |
| Worker in an orchard |
| Competition of sorts |
| Hive-dwelling insect |
| Neighborly gathering |
| Sacramento newspaper |
| Old-fashioned social |
| The Bird and the ___ |
| It settles on petals |
| Worker in the fields |
| Spelling competition |
| Common garden visitor |
| Community competition |
| Denizen of an alveary |
| Gathering of quilters |
| Hard worker, busy ... |
| It can provide a buzz |
| One may be smoked out |
| Pollen-collecting bug |
| Round dance performer |
| Sue ___ (honey brand) |
| Worker in the orchard |
| A domesticated insect |
| Community undertaking |
| Quilters' convocation |
| Quilting get-together |
| Insect with a stinger |
| It may sting a little |
| 2007 role for Seinfeld |
| Apiculturist's concern |
| Community get-together |
| Dorcas Society meeting |
| Insect such as a queen |
| Metaphorical obsession |
| One doing garden work? |
| Quilter's get-together |
| Quilt-making gathering |
| Stones "I'm a King ___ |
| Wax production expert? |
| Word with honey or Sea |
| Waggle dance performer |
| Stayin' Alive" ___ Gees |
| Bonnet-dwelling insect? |
| Frequent garden visitor |
| Garden visitor, perhaps |
| Honeycomb-making insect |
| It has a permanent buzz |
| Obsessive idea metaphor |
| One might generate buzz |
| Queen, worker or drone. |
| Scripps-sponsored event |
| Insect that makes honey |
| Letter-perfect contest? |
| Yellow-and-black insect |
| Producer of royal jelly |
| This may sting a little |
| ___ tree (hive location) |
| Fuzzy insect from a hive |
| Hymenopterist's interest |
| It buzzes around flowers |
| Maker of hexagonal cells |
| One doing a waggle dance |
| One in a sting operation |
| One seeking some anthers |
| Orthographic competition |
| Prairie social gathering |
| Servant of a small queen |
| Sue ___ (brand of honey) |
| Where to go for a spell? |
| Nectar-collecting insect |
| Too Much Heaven" ___ Gees |
| Buzzing flower-pollinator |
| Contest involving letters |
| Hive-dwelling honey maker |
| Late night comic Samantha |
| Samantha of "Full Frontal |
| Barn raising, for example |
| One that serves the queen |
| Worker who serves a queen |
| Honey Nut Cheerios mascot |
| Flying insect (often busy) |
| Insect that carries pollen |
| Insect that produces honey |
| Old-fashioned get-together |
| One rarely without a comb? |
| Spelling or quilting event |
| The ___ Gees, popular trio |
| Akeelah's spelling contest |
| Flier from flower to flower |
| Fuzzy insect with a stinger |
| He could break out in hives |
| Insect that lives in a hive |
| Insect with a pollen basket |
| It works hard for the honey |
| One who does a waggle dance |
| Performer of a waggle dance |
| Owl City "Honey and the ___ |
| Pollen-packing petal pusher |
| Samantha of "The Daily Show |
| Something an apiphobe fears |
| Sterile female worker, e.g. |
| Word with honey or spelling |
| Word with queen or quilting |
| Insect that collects nectar |
| Full Frontal" host Samantha |
| Queen ___," J. Crawford film |
| Activity to join for a spell |
| Geography competition, often |
| Husking or quilting activity |
| Object of an apiphobe's fear |
| Competitive social gathering |
| Spelling or quilting contest |
| Love You Inside Out" ___ Gees |
| Basketball Hall of Fame coach |
| Contest for filmdom's Akeelah |
| Fancier of melliferous plants |
| Insect that buzzes and stings |
| Scripps National Spelling ___ |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan "Honey ___ |
| One who's always buzzing off? |
| Queen ___," Joan Crawford film |
| Indie duo The Bird and the ___ |
| Contest in the film "Spellbound |
| One hovering around the flowers |
| Where you might go for a spell? |
| Word after quilting or spelling |
| Yellow and black buzzing insect |
| Spelling ___ (word competition) |
| Insect that produces royal jelly |
| It's full of hard-to-spell words |
| Scripps-sponsored event for kids |
| Vital part of a sting operation? |
| Insect that hovers around flowers |
| Word with "spelling" or "quilting |
| Event where one stands for a spell |
| Creature studied by a melittologist |
| Insect that might live in an apiary |
| “Full Frontal with Samantha ___” |
| Queen who might create quite a buzz? |
| Spelling ___ (classroom competition) |
| The ___ Gees ("Stayin' Alive" group) |
| You wouldn't sit for a spell in this |
| The Daily Show" correspondent Samantha |
| Buzzing insect that pollinates flowers |
| Samantha who hosts TBS's "Full Frontal |
| Insect that might be a drone or a queen |
| Contest where you'd hear "chiaroscurist |
| Insect that could be a queen or a drone |
| Killer in a classic "SNL" sketch series |
| This puzzle's fairly obvious theme word |
| Quilting ___ (old-timey social occasion) |
| You have to be letter-perfect to win one |
| Correspondent Samantha of "The Daily Show |
| Event at which multiple repeats are common |
| Where one usually doesn't sit for a spell? |
| Former "Daily Show" correspondent Samantha |
| Contest where participants stand for a spell |
| Event in which contestants ask for sentences |
| It is entirely dependent on flowers for food |
| Type of event that recently had co-champions |
| Putnam County competition, in a Broadway title |
| Quilting ___ (old social gathering for sewing) |
| Insect that's the mascot for Honey Nut Cheerios |
| Nuno Bettencourt "Flight of the Wounded Bumble___ |
| Event where the competitors might share some words |
| National Geographic __ (annual grade-school contest) |
| Competition in which the winner always gets the last word? |
| Contest in which the rules must be followed to the letter? |
| Contest where you'd hear words like "euonym" and "autochthonous |
| Creature found atop the apt part of each answer to a starred clue |
| Busy one that has made its mark in this puzzle's five longest answers |