Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bee which lives as a guest or inquiline in the nests of another bee: thus the bees of the genus Psithyrus are guests in the nests of bumble-bees.
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Examples
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"No bee except the guest-bee and drone is ever idle.
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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