…a stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities…
…a stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities…
…a squat, hairy bee-like fly that hovers to feed from flowers using its long tongue. Its larvae typically parasitize other insects, especially bees and wasps…
…a brightly coloured insectivorous bird with a large head and a long downcurved bill, typically having long central tail feathers…
…a minute fly which is a parasite of honeybees, the larvae feeding on wax and stored pollen…
…a solitary bee which lays its eggs in cavities, constructing cells of sand and other particles glued together with saliva…
…a hairy yellowish chafer with broad black stripes, which flies by day and is typically seen on flowers…
…a bee which lays its eggs in the nest of another kind of bee, the young being raised and fed by the host…
…a solitary bee that builds long underground tunnels containing nest chambers…
…a small day-flying hawkmoth with partly transparent wings, resembling a bumblebee and hovering at flowers to feed…
…a large solitary black bee with purplish wings, which nests in tunnels bored in dead wood or plant stems…
…a solitary bee which cuts pieces from leaves, typically of roses, and uses them to construct cells in its nest…
…be preoccupied or obsessed with something…
…a stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities…
…a honeybee that searches for a new site for a swarm to settle or for a new food source…
…a large hairy social bee which flies with a loud hum, living in small colonies in holes underground…
…used in names of other aromatic herbs of the mint family, e.g. bee balm…
…used in names of animals or plants resembling others familiar elsewhere, e.g. native bee…
…a brightly coloured insectivorous bird with a large head and a long downcurved bill, typically having long central tail feathers…
