short-tongued

Pollination is carried out instead by flies, moths, beetles, and short-tongued bees that are attracted primarily by white and yellow flowers.

Southland montane grasslands 2008

A few of the short-tongued species, however, manage to feed on long-tube flowers by “nectar robbing”.

Bumblebee 2008

If I am a short-tongued fellow, it may amount to the same thing.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

Obtusilingues: short-tongued bees with the tip obtuse or bifid: see acutilingues.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

"Goodness!" said Jimmie, "if that is what a short-tongued bee can do, what can a long-tongued bee do?"

Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919

Then there are the little short-tongued bees who live in apartments, the apartments all clustered together, with a common wide passageway into the ground and separate hallways.

Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919

His voice was soft and harmonious, with just a trace of a lisp, or rather of that peculiar intonation which is commonly described as "short-tongued."

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

If I am a short-tongued fellow, it may amount to the same thing.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

Our native dandelions are attractive plants that support long-tongued bees (bumblebees, honeybees, little Carpenter bees, Mason bees), short-tongued bees, predatory wasps, butterflies, skippers and beetles.

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Our native dandelions are attractive plants that support long-tongued bees (bumblebees, honeybees, little Carpenter bees, Mason bees), short-tongued bees, predatory wasps, butterflies, skippers and beetles.

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