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Andrenidae   Listen
noun
Andrenidae  n.  
1.
A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.
Synonyms: family Andrenidae.





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"Andrenidae" Quotes from Famous Books



... Smith, in his "Catalogue of British Bees," says of this genus: "No one appears to know anything beyond the mere fact of their entering the burrows of Andrenidae and Apidae, except that they are found in the cells of the working bees in their perfect condition: it is most probable that they deposit their eggs on the provision laid up by the working bee, that they close ...
— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard


Words linked to "Andrenidae" :   genus Andrena, Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea


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