Leaf-cutting Bee (Noun)
Meaning
Bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Leaf-cutting bees typically prepare their nests in various sites such as hollow reeds, abandoned insect burrows, and even holes in wood.
- A typical leaf-cutting bee colony is established by a single female who carefully selects and cuts specific leaves to construct the cells in her underground nest.
- To build her nest, the female leaf-cutting bee will often retrieve pieces of leaves and arrange them carefully to form a small, oval cell.
- Leaf-cutting bees collect leaves and cut them into oval pieces without stopping the function of the parent plant, a remarkable strategy for resource collection and conservation.
- Leaf-cutting bees store the cut pieces of leaves in a specialized space in their nests before laying an egg and depositing a food supply for the emerging larvae.