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mining bee

noun

  1. a solitary bee of the genera Andrena and Halictus, which sometimes resemble honey bees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of mining bee1

named from their burrowing habits

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