Thorax: the middle section of an insect that has wings, legs and most of its muscles.
Stigma: The female portion of a flower in which pollen grains are received to eventually fertilize the flower.
Stamen: The male portion of a flower with pollen grains.
Solitary bee: a bee that is her own queen bee and creates the provisions for one egg at a time.
Social bee: an organized family structure with a division of labor that serves a single queen bee.
Pollenation: the process that completes the fertilization process to produce fruit.
Pupa: the 3rd stage of metamorphous in which the bee matures into an adult.
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