mason bee

English

Osmia bicornis

Noun

mason bee (plural mason bees)

1. Any of the bees of the genus Osmia, which have the habit of making compartments of mud in their nests.

Derived terms

• orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria)
• red mason bee (Osmia bicornis)

Translations

bee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁蜂 (bìfēng)

• Finnish: muurarimehiläinen
• Polish: murarka f
• Swedish: murarbi

References

• mason bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osmia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Osmia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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