Carpenter bees (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large bees distributed worldwide. Some 500 species of carpenter bees are in the 31 subgenera. Their common name is because nearly all species build their nests in burrows in dead wood, bamboo, or structural timbers (except those in the subgenus Proxylocopa, which nest in the grou...
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any of a group of small bees in the family Anthophoridae (order Hymenoptera) that are found in most areas of the world. The small carpenter bee, ...
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The carpenter bee (Xylocopa) is different species of bee named on account of the habit of forming a nest in dry wood, in which it excavates parallel galleries. Within these galleries cells are formed of wood pulp moistened by salivary juice. The species are numerous in Asia, Africa, and America, and one species inhabits the south of Europe. They ar...
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n] - large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
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noun large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
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