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Meanings of solitary bees in English

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        Examples for "wild bees"
        Examples for "wild bees"
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        The wild bees may now be found frequenting flowers in considerable numbers.
        Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
        2
        One thing that interested me especially at first was the wild bees.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
        3
        Children, have you ever seen a wild bees' nest- arealbumble-bees 'home
        Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories
        4
        Bright orange wild bees and black bumblebees floated in through the open windows.
        Gone to Earth
        5
        Juon smelt it and pronounced it to be the wax of wild bees.
        The Poor Plutocrats
        1
        Mosquitoes and flies are everywhere, and the wasp and wild bee also.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        The prevalence of wild bee colonies on the African continent also helps bees to remain healthy.
        The South African
        3
        A wild bee darted into the room, droning, and out again, the sun upon its back.
        Lazarre
        4
        Around the world, wild bee populations have plummeted thanks to habitat loss, pesticides and diseases, report scientists.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Soon the three came to a tree, in the trunk of which was a wild bee's nest.
        The Child's World: Third Reader
        1
        A native solitary bee that regularly visited Jenny Jandt's flower garden this summer.
        Radio NZ
        2
        I'm supposed to be a solitary bee, but I can't get any time to myself.
        Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
        3
        But to return to the solitary bee.
        The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
        4
        Last Christmas I gave my wife three solitary bee houses, which were put in the garden shed.
        The Irish Times
        5
        These triongulins are the primary larvae of a parasite proper to a wild, obtuse-tongued, solitary bee, the Colletes, which builds its nest in subterranean galleries.
        The Life of the Bee
        Usage of solitary bees in English
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        There are over 250 species of solitary bees in the UK.
        The Guardian
        2
        Many bumblebees and solitary bees have evolved to pollinate certain flowers.
        The Guardian
        3
        And there are many more varieties of bumblebees and solitary bees than there are honeybees.
        The Guardian
        4
        This is the case for most solitary bees, which make up around half of all known bee species.
        BBC
        5
        But hedgerows would also provide food and habitat for other pollinators such as butterflies, bumblebees and solitary bees.
        The Guardian
        6
        Why it matters: It is not just honeybees that pollinate crops and flowers, bumblebees and solitary bees do too.
        The Guardian
        7
        This is the colony of the Osmiae, those exceedingly pretty solitary bees, with their copper-coloured skin and bright-red fleece.
        The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
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        Look at the solitary bees-thegovernors as we call them, who live in pairs, in little holes in the banks.
        Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
        9
        The scientists are investigating whether the mites pose a threat to honey bees, bumble bees, native ants or native solitary bees.
        Radio NZ
        10
        And the awareness about the plight of honeybees across the globe is now extending to other important pollinators such as bumblebees and solitary bees.
        The Guardian
        11
        In some solitary bees and wasps, males emerge from the winter earlier than females do and gather around burrows that females will emerge from.
        Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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        A low risk was concluded for honeybees, bumble bees and solitary bees in case of permanent structure greenhouse provided the low exposure in such scenarios.
        Pubmed
        13
        If you "leave no stone unturned" in your walks through the fields, you may perchance discover the abode of one of our solitary bees.
        The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
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        "Are there solitary wasps," asked Jimmie, "just as there are solitary bees?"
        Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, an...
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