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- noun Plural form of
bumblebee .
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Examples
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Wild insects such as bumblebees and tropical flies still account for 15 percent of pollination, including crops such as cacao (chocolate).
Stung By Bees 2008
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But you should know that we are not named 'bumblebees' by rights, but
Policeman Bluejay 1887
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Dr Simon Potts, from the school of agriculture at the University of Reading, has revealed new findings indicating that wild bees such as bumblebees and solitary bees are responsible for the bulk of crop pollination.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Insects such as bumblebees, butterflies and moths are used to cold winters, as Martin Warren of the charity
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk Stephen Moss 2010
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Dr Simon Potts, from the school of agriculture at the University of Reading, has revealed new findings indicating that wild bees such as bumblebees and solitary bees are responsible for the bulk of crop pollination.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It's the locals versus the FIFOs - or the "bumblebees", as the multitudes of yellow-shirted, fly-in fly-out resources industry workers are known.
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England have declined by 54 per cent in the past 20 years while numbers of wild bees such as bumblebees have also plummeted
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Lacewings and ladybirds, earwigs and spiders as well as pollinating beasts such as bumblebees and Mother Shipton moths will be accommodated, providing a boost for surrounding wildlife and plants.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It's the locals versus the FIFOs - or the "bumblebees", as the multitudes of yellow-shirted, fly-in fly-out resources industry workers are known.
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Lacewings and ladybirds, earwigs and spiders as well as pollinating beasts such as bumblebees and Mother Shipton moths will be accommodated, providing a boost for surrounding wildlife and plants.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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