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Record 1 2004-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Digger bee, common name for a group of robust, fast-flying, ground-nesting bees with velvety fur. These bees live throughout the world. ... Digger bees range from the size of a honey bee to as large as a bumble bee. These bees mostly nest in the ground and line their brood cells (compartments for offspring) with a waxlike secretion. In some species, the females construct a characteristic turret, a chimneylike extension of the nest entrance. Other digger bees nest in wood and some are parasites of other bees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Abeille solitaire construisant ses cellules dans le sol.

Spanish

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