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carpenter bee
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carpenter bee
n.
Any of various solitary bees of the family Apidae that bore tunnels into wood to lay their eggs.
carpenter bee
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large solitary bee of the genus Xylocopa and related genera that lays its eggs in tunnels bored into wood or in plant stems: family Apidae
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Noun1.carpenter beecarpenter bee - large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
genus Xylocopa, Xylocopa - carpenter bees


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sometimes called stingless honey bees) in the family Apidae, and closely-related to the common honey bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees and bumblebees.
Worker bees engage in 'reproductive class war' with queen by Asian News International
To complicate matters, there is mounting evidence that native bees (bumblebees, alkali bees, mason bees, carpenter bees, sweat bees, etc) and other pollinators like moths, butterflies, bats and humming birds are also in steep decline.
Why are they dying? Every third bite of food we consume depends on ... by New Internationalist
Although Freitas says that restoring patches of forest near passionfruit fields would be the best solution, he and his team have also developed a successful nesting box for carpenter bees.
Pollination panic: honeybees are in trouble. can native pollinators ... by DeWeerdt, Sarah / World Watch
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