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Wild bee

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(Zool.) any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks.

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It is said on the Missouri, that the wild turkey and the wild bee go up the river together: neither is found in the upper regions.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
The wild bee will not sleep in the shade if there be moonlight.
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The split and weatherworn rocks of the gorge of the Waingunga had been used since the beginning of the Jungle by the Little People of the Rocks--the busy, furious, black wild bees of India; and, as Mowgli knew well, all trails turned off half a mile before they reached the gorge.
The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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