| 单词 | pollen paste |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspollen paste pollen paste n. Entomology a paste of pollen, often mixed with a little honey, made by bees for feeding to their larvae. ΚΠ 1838 J. O. Westwood Entomologist's Text Bk. v. 172 A succession of cells..in which they [sc. solitary bees and wasps] deposit a supply of food, either of pollen-paste or other insects, sufficient for the nourishment of the larva. 1858 A. M. Redfield Zoöl. Sci. 621 The carpenter bees..bore with great labor out of solid wood, long cylindrical tubes, and divide them into various cells, in which the young are placed with a quantity of pollen-paste. 1983 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 52 118 If the pollen paste becomes too dry to eat when the larva is over half grown it may pupate. < as lemmas |
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