cuckoo bee

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cuckoo bee

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several species of parasitic or inquiline bee the queen of which lays her eggs in the nest of the bumblebee or other species, sometimes killing the host queen, leaving her eggs to be raised by the workers of the nest

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ant			With Mike Barrow, Jim watched buff-tailed and carder bees and a parasitic cuckoo bee. travel/country: THE raging easterly by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The role of the honeybee in pollinating soft fruit is being increasingly performed by other bee species, and here were two of them: the flower bee Anthophora plumipes and its cuckoo bee Melecta albifrons. Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Cuckoo Bee So called because,like the cuckoo,it is parasitic. Crafty cuckoo calls the tune; In April,come he will. In May,he's here ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			cubital nerve Cubited cubitiere cubitus Cubless Cubo-octahedral Cubo-octahedron cuboid cuboid bone Cuboidal cuboidal cell cuboidal epithelial cell cuboidal epithelium cubomancy Cuca cuchifrito Cuchulain cucking stool cuckold Cuckold's knot Cuckoldize Cuckoldly Cuckoldom cuckoldry cuckoo cuckoo bee cuckoo bread cuckoo clock Cuckoo dove Cuckoo falcon Cuckoo fish cuckoo flower Cuckoo maid cuckoo mate Cuckoo ray cuckoo shrike cuckoo spit cuckoo's nest cuckoo-bumblebee Cuckoobud cuckooflower cuckoopint Cucquean Cucujo Cuculidae cuculiform cuculiform bird Cuculiformes cucullate Cucullus Cuculoid			Cuchilla de Grande Cuchilla de Haedo Cuchulain Cuchulain Cuchulainn Cuchulainn Cúchulainn Cúchulainn CUCI Cuck cucking stool cucking stool Cucking-stool cuckold cuckold Cuckold's knot Cuckoldatrix cuckolded cuckolding Cuckoldize Cuckoldly Cuckoldom cuckoldries cuckoldries cuckoldry cuckoldry cuckolds cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo bee Cuckoo bees Cuckoo bird Cuckoo bird cuckoo bread Cuckoo bumblebee Cuckoo bumblebee cuckoo clock Cuckoo clocks Cuckoo dove cuckoo egg Cuckoo falcon Cuckoo fish cuckoo flower Cuckoo maid cuckoo mate Cuckoo Owl Cuckoo pint Cuckoo pint Cuckoo pint Cuckoo ray Cuckoo shrike Cuckoo Song cuckoo spit cuckoo spit Cuckoo wasp cuckoo wasps Cuckoo's Egg cuckoo's nest cuckoo-bumblebee

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