Assertion: mining bee | /r/Synonym | eastern plasterer bees
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Sometimes called Eastern plasterer bees or polyester bees (and grouped generally with mining bees), they get their common name for the viscous, waterproof, transparent substance (sometimes compared to plastic wrap) that the females secrete to line and seal the brood cells they burrow in the ground.