English Dictionary

plasterer bee

名詞

Any bee of the subfamily Colletinae, solitary bees that secrete a substance from their mouthparts to give a cellophane-like lining to their nests.

日本語の意味

コレチナエ亜科に属する蜂で、単独で生活し、口器から分泌される物質を利用して巣の内側をセルロファンのような薄膜で覆う種

The plasterer bee sealed each brood cell with a thin, waxy film as it prepared the nest.

その口腔分泌物で巣をセロファン状に裏打ちするコレティナ亜科のハチは、巣を整える際に各育房を薄い蝋状の膜で密封した。

意味（1）

Any bee of the subfamily Colletinae, solitary bees that secrete a substance from their mouthparts to give a cellophane-like lining to their nests.

The plasterer bees, as we have seen, line the interior walls of their subterranean chambers with a waterproof wallpaper; others achieve a similar result by impregnating the cell walls with a glandular secretion or coating them with a waxy material.

plasterer bees （ plural ）