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Flowering plants produce nectar to attract pollinating insects, such as honeybees	nectar    See it a sweet liquid secreted by the nectaries of plants; the raw liquid honeybees extract from flowers into which they make honey
Many flowers are colored to draw pollinating insects to their nectar sources	nectar guide    See it color marks on flowers believed to direct insects to nectar sources
Nectaries secret nectar	nectaries    See it the organs of plants which secrete nectar, located within the flower (floral nectaries) or on other portions of the plant (extrafloral nectaries)
A morning glory is nectariferous	nectariferous    See it secreting nectar; plants with blossoms containing nectar
Brood nest	nest   See it the collection of honeycomb where a honeybee colony lives; the honeycomb contains the bees' food, consisting mainly of honey and pollen, and contains brood (immature, developing bees) See also: bee metamorphosis
Fumidil-B, for treatment of nosema	nosema    See it the most common disease of the adult honeybee, caused by the protozoan Nosema apis Zander.  Nosema reduces the life span of honeybees, reduces honey production, and increases the likelihood of queen supersedure. See also: Honeybee Medications
A nucleus containing Italian honeybees	nucleus (plural, nuclei)    See it a small hive of bees, usually covering from two to five frames of comb and used primarily for starting new colonies, rearing or storing queens; also called "nuc."
Nurse bees tending the brood comb	nurse bees   See it young bees, three to ten days old, which feed and take care of developing brood

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