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andrena
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[ noun ] (zoology) a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena
Synonyms Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)There are about 200 different kinds of Andrena in Europe alone . After having mated , an Andrena female digs a hole straight down into the ground , forming a burrow about the size of a lead_pencil . The development of the Andrena larvae is very rapid , so that by the end of spring they have already pupated and become adults . Although Andrena is gregarious , so that we may find hundreds and hundreds of burrows together , we must still call it a solitary bee . On the basis of its life_history , we like to think that Andrena is more primitive than the bumblebees . Related terms |
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