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Definition of Bumblebees
1. bumblebee [n] - See also: bumblebee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumblebees
Literary usage of Bumblebees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"bumblebees resent the introduction of one of these guest bees into their nest,
but the intruder seems to have very pleasant manners for the alarm and ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"The bumblebees of the arctics are very industrious and may be found working on
the flowers for pollen and nectar the whole twenty-four hours of a day. ..."
3. Outdoor Studies: A Reading Book of Nature Study by James George Needham (1898)
"... BUTTER AND EGGS AND bumblebees. I. ASSOCIATION. OT far from my door—probably
not very far from yours —grows the familiar roadside weed commonly known ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
""All the birds were there With yellow feathers instead of hair, And bumblebees—and
bumblebees— And bumblebees—and bumblebees ..."
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