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leaf-cutting bee

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Noun1.leaf-cutting bee - bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nestleaf-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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Look for caterpillars, beetles (some feed only at night), snails or slugs, or more rarely by leaf-cutting bees.
Insects have roles to play in gardens by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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.
NATIVES SWARM TO THE RESCUE : AMERICAN INSECTS FILL IN FOR HONEYBEES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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