A solitary bee which lays its eggs in cavities, constructing cells of sand and other particles glued together with saliva.
壁蜂
Osmia and other genera, family Apidae
Example sentencesExamples
We investigated the effects of distance and flower density of two flower species on pollen collection by providing nest locations for the mason bee Osmia lignaria in natural settings.
Supplement them by hanging up bat houses, birdhouses, and orchard mason bee homes (blocks of wood drilled with holes).
Red mason bees are particularly good for pollinating fruit trees.
It's easy to make a mason bee house by drilling holes into a block of untreated wood.
Here, beekeepers in a Herefordshire, England, orchard use smoke to subdue a hive, mostly likely a species of mason bee.
Definition of mason bee in US English:
mason bee
noun
A solitary bee that nests in cavities within which it constructs cells of sand and other particles glued together with saliva.
壁蜂
Osmia and other genera, family Apidae
Example sentencesExamples
Red mason bees are particularly good for pollinating fruit trees.
We investigated the effects of distance and flower density of two flower species on pollen collection by providing nest locations for the mason bee Osmia lignaria in natural settings.
It's easy to make a mason bee house by drilling holes into a block of untreated wood.
Supplement them by hanging up bat houses, birdhouses, and orchard mason bee homes (blocks of wood drilled with holes).
Here, beekeepers in a Herefordshire, England, orchard use smoke to subdue a hive, mostly likely a species of mason bee.