leaf-cutting bee


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Related to leaf-cutting bee: Megachilidae
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Noun1.leaf-cutting bee - bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nestleaf-cutting bee - bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
leaf-cutter, leaf-cutter bee
bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
genus Megachile, Megachile - type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees
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The Leaf-cutting bee Megachilidae rotunda was introduced into South Australia in the 1980s to improve pollination of alfalfa (Batley and Hogendoorn 2009).
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