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Definition of Bee killer
1. Noun. Swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing.
Generic synonyms: Dipteran, Dipteron, Dipterous Insect, Two-winged Insects
Group relationships: Asilidae, Family Asilidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bee Killer
Literary usage of Bee killer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bee-keepers' Guide: Or Manual of the Apiary by Albert John Cook (1882)
"We have already spoken of caution as to comb honey and frames of comb (page 216),
and so need not speak further of them. bee killer— ..."
2. Elementary Lessons in Zoology: A Guide in Studying Animal Life and Structure by James George Needham (1895)
"... interesting species will be found about the flowers of autumn. The following
illustrative form is recommended for further study here. THE bee killer. ..."
3. Elementary Lessons in Zoölogy: A Guide in Studying Animal Life and Structure by James George Needham (1896)
"... interesting species will be found about the flowers of autumn. The following
illustrative form is recommended for further study here. THE bee killer. ..."
4. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1878)
"The dreaded "Bee-Killer" of Texas and the Southwest, ... Missouri Bee-Killer.
hoppers in great numbers. Without stopping to consider other families which ..."
5. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"... or Bee-killer, captures the honey bee on the wing, one having been known to
kill 141 bees in a day. (Riley. ..."
6. The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report by State Board of Agriculture, Missouri State Board of Agriculture, Missouri (1870)
"... it the Nebraska bee-killer, from itt having first been captured by Mr.
Thompson in Nebraska, where he at that timt resided. ..."
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