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Definition of Potter bee
1. Noun. Solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potter Bee
Literary usage of Potter bee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"POTTER-BEE. A mason bee of the genus Osmia and its allies, which constructs small
globular cells of earth and attaches them to the stem of a plant in much ..."
2. Interesting Neighbors by Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1922)
"Because it makes these vases, it is called a potter-bee. Each of these sorts of
bees, has wonderfully interesting ways of doing things. ..."
3. Geer's Hartford City Directory (1897)
"STRICKLAND & SHEA, 20 Potter. Bee paye 489. CHURCHES. Set Hit of Clergymen, paye
578. For Juli information regarding Раз- tort, Officer», etc., ..."
4. Thro' Lattice-windows by William James Dawson (1897)
"I, for one, can bear witness that, when I first made acquaintance with death, I
found no peace till Potter- bee prayed in that dark room where the coffin ..."
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