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cuckoo bee

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cuckoo bee (複数形 cuckoo bees)

  1. Any bee having the kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying eggs in the nests of other bees.
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Cuckoo bee

出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/03/18 17:02 UTC 版)

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The term cuckoo bee is used for a variety of different bee lineages which have evolved the kleptoparasitic habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other bees, reminiscent of the behavior of cuckoo birds. The name is technically best applied to the apid subfamily Nomadinae. Females of cuckoo bees can be easily recognized in almost all cases, as they lack pollen collecting structures (the scopa) and do not construct their own nests. They often have reduced body hair, abnormally thick and/or heavily sculptured exoskeleton, and saber-like mandibles, though this is not universally true, and other less visible changes are common, as well.

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