| 单词 | mining bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmining bee mining bee n. any of numerous solitary bees of the family Andrenidae and related families (now usually all placed in the family Apidae) which build long underground tunnels containing nest chambers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Andrenidae (mining-bee) miner1817 mining bee1893 sweat-bee1894 1893 L. N. Badenoch Romance Insect World iii. 72 (caption) Profile view of nest of a Mining Bee (Andrena vicina). 1912 E. D. Sanderson & C. F. Jackson Elem. Entomol. xvii. 268 None of the short-tongued bees live in colonies, and many of them make their nests in the ground, which has given them the name of ‘mining bees’. 1988 National Trust Mag. Autumn 24/1 Rock types and their weathered forms influence present-day plant and animal life. Mining bees make their burrows in the raised-beach deposits at Prawle Point, South Devon. < as lemmas |
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