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leaf-cutting bee

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Noun1.leaf-cutting beeleaf-cutting bee - bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
leaf-cutter, leaf-cutter bee
bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
genus Megachile, Megachile - type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees


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Each leaf-cutting bee in the lab lives in a paper drinking straw stuck in one of many holes in a plastic block.
Most bees live alone: no hives, no honey, but maybe help for crops by Milius, Susan / Science News
There also were honeybees, sweat bees, leaf-cutting bees and squash bees.
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