MINING BEE Antonyms

• robust hairy social bee of temperate regions

• diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

• a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

• flutter like a butterfly

• cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone

• slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

• tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots

• nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs

• terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

• a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

• social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces

• large stinging paper wasp

• small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

• social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

• a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination