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Definition of Mason bee
1. Noun. Any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand.
Definition of Mason bee
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the bees of the genus ''Osmia'' having the habit of making compartments of mud in their nests. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mason Bee
Literary usage of Mason bee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"mason bee.—48. Expedient to protect the nest.—49. Upholsterer bee.—50. Hangings and
carpets of her rooms.—61. Leaf-cutter bees.—52. ..."
2. The Natural History of Insects by James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood (1833)
"... Labour—Remarkable /or Good-nature and Affection for her Young—Ingenuity in
overcoming Difficulties—"fhe Carpenter-Bee—The Mason-Bee—The Upholsterer-Bee. ..."
3. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"As soon as the first cell is completed, the mason-bee lays the ... From the
hardness of the materials with which the mason- bee constructs her nest, ..."
4. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"Unaware of the presence of the parasitic egg, the mason bee continued her work,
... The Stelis larva hatched a little earlier than that of the mason bee, ..."
5. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"As in the case of all nest-building solitary Bees, including the Carpenter bees,
the mason bee, after she has constructed her nest, provisions it with a ..."
6. A Tour Round My Garden by Alphonse Karr (1855)
"THE START—COSTUME—THE WREN—THE mason bee—THE CHRYSIS—MARIE ANTOINETTE. I HAVE
started, my dear friend, and two things already embarrass me. ..."
7. A Tour Round My Garden by Alphonse Karr (1855)
"THE START—COSTUME—THE WRES—THE mason bee—THE CHRYSIS—M ARI E ANTOINETTE. I HAVE
started, iny dear friend, and two things already embarrass me. ..."
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