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plasterer bees

plasterer bees is the plural of plasterer bee.

Meaning of plasterer bee

Noun

plasterer bee (plural plasterer bees)

  1. Any bee of the subfamily Colletinae, solitary bees that secrete a substance from their mouthparts to give a cellophane-like lining to their nests.
    • The plasterer bees, as we have seen, line the interior walls of their subterranean chambers with a waterproof wallpaper; others achieve a similar result by impregnating the cell walls with a glandular secretion or coating them with a waxy material.1974, Karl von Frisch, Otto von Frisch, Animal Architecture, page 68
    Synonyms:
    polyester bee

Questions about plasterer bees

What is plasterer bees the plural of?
Plasterer bees is the plural of plasterer bee.

Words near plasterer bees in the dictionary

  1. plasterboarding
  2. plasterboards
  3. plastered
  4. plasterer
  5. plasterer bee
  6. plasterer bees
  7. plasterers
  8. plasteriness
  9. plastering
  10. plasterings
  11. plasterless

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