| APIS | Latin name of the honey bee (4) |
| MEL | Latin word for honey that is found in the genus name of the honey bee-attracting fragrant herb lemon balm (3) |
| DRONE | The male of the honey bee; a bourdon of a bagpipe; a UAV; or, a monotonous speech (5) |
| BECOMES | Gets most of the honey bees out (7) |
| PAVO | Constellation named after the Latin name of the national bird of India (4) |
| OXUS | Latin name of the river Amu Darya of central Asia (4) |
| ROSA | Italian word for pink; or the genus or Latin name of the flowers that were bred by David Austin (4) |
| ACER | Latin name of the Japanese maple (4) |
| IXIA | Latin name of the corn lily (4) |
| BUFO | Latin name of the toothless anuran commonly called a toad (4) |
| BALM | A pleasant aroma; a fragrant soothing salve; or, the lemon scented herb related to lavender, mint and rosemary whose genus Melissa means "honey bee" (4) |
| BABY | Honey bee caught in inlet (4) |
| HIVE | Honey bee dwelling |
| APIARY | Home for the honey bee (6) |
| AGNUSDEI | What is the Latin name of the prayer Lamb of God. a part of the mass in the Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran liturgies? (5,3) |
| HEDERA | - helix ; worn as a crown by god of the grape-harvest Dionysus and supporting some 50 species including the blackbird, the Latin name of the native British woodland plant ivy (6) |
| CANTAB | Coming from the medieval Latin name of the city, what means "of Cambridge"? (6) |
| URSAMINOR | Latin name of the Little Bear, the constellation containing star Polaris (4,5) |
| BOMBUS | Literally meaning "buzzing", the Latin name of the bumblebee (6) |
| ASBUSYASABEE | Hasn't a minute to spare to describe work ethic of the honey producers (2,4,2,1,3) |
