the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > collecting nectar from few kinds of flowers (1)
oligotropic1899
Of an insect, esp. a bee: collecting nectar from the flowers of only a few related plants. Contrasted with polytropic, adj. 3. Cf. oligolecticadj.…