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ABEILLE SOLITAIRE [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-30

English

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

Solitary bees include excellent pollinators such as the green sweat bee, leaf-cutter bee, and the orchard mason bee. This group, as the name implies, lives alone, foraging for pollen and nectar and in the process pollinating many flowers and crops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Élevage des abeilles
CONT

Les abeilles sauvages sont en grande partie des abeilles solitaires (90 %) : elles ne vivent pas en colonie et il n’y a pas de distinction reine-ouvrières.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
  • Cría de abejas
CONT

Las abejas solitarias son aquellas en que la hembra no tiene contacto con las crías, tampoco producen miel ni forman grandes colonias.

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Record 2 2010-04-09

English

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

Family Megachilidae -- Leafcutting Bees; the leafcutting bees are mostly moderate-sized,fairly stout-bodied bees. ... The common name of these bees is derived from the fact that in many species the cells are lined with pieces cut from leaves; ... This family is divided into two subfamilies, the Lithurginae and the Megachilinae; ...

OBS

The genus Megachile is only one of a number of genera of leafcutting bees.

Key term(s)
  • leafcutter bee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
DEF

mégachile :abeille solitaire, célèbre par l'adresse avec laquelle elle découpe des feuilles pour en tapisser son nid.

OBS

Le terme «mégachile», ainsi que le terme «découpeuse», ne se réfèrent pas exclusivement aux abeilles du genre Megachile. Découpeuse : proposition du Comité des noms français d’insectes au Canada, et éditeur-compilateur du livre intitulé Noms français d’insectes au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 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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