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A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground
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andrenidae
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The Andrenidae (commonly known as mining bees ) are a large, nearly cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees . Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas (warm temperate xeric). It includes some enormous genera (e.g., ...
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Andrenidae \Andrenidae\ n. 1. 1 a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground. Syn: family Andrenidae .