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Definition of Humblebees
1. humblebee [n] - See also: humblebee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humblebees
Literary usage of Humblebees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary English Composition: Designed for Use in the Highest Grammar by Tuley Francis Huntington (1907)
"humblebees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. It has
been suggested that moths may fertilize the clovers; but I doubt whether ..."
2. Dictionary of Scientific Illustrations and Symbols: Moral Truths Mirrored in (1894)
"Like the humblebees, we may accomplish unpremeditated service, and be, like them,
quite ignorant of the fact. Mr. Darwin believes, from observations made ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"Like their allies, these bees are solitary, and, like humblebees, are much infested
by parasites. Finally, we have iI, 2. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"But clover owes its continuance to humblebees; humblebees in turn are killed by
field-mice, whilst cats extirpate the rodents ; and as old maids conserve ..."
5. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1837)
"A botanist* says, " I have often observed hun- of the common humblebees lying
dead under these trees while rer." This is not the only example of fatal ..."
6. The Kansas University Science Bulletin by University of Kansas (1902)
"A smaller insect than the preceding one, but obtained pollen in the same manner.7 No
humblebees were taken around Lawrence, although many were noticed ..."
7. Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1883)
"The presence of humblebees is well-nigh an absolute necessity for the continuance
of the heartsease (Viola ... But clover owes its continuance to humblebees ..."
8. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"Humble- bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar, —
hence we may infer as highly probable, that, if the whole genus of humblebees ..."
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