nurse bee

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• Bee learning and communication — Honey bees learn and communicate in order to find food sources and for other means. LearningLearning is essential for efficient foraging. Honey bees are unlikely to make many repeat visits if a plant provides little in the way of reward. A single …   Wikipedia

• nurse — [nʉrs] n. [ME norse < OFr norice < LL nutricia < L nutricius, that suckles or nourishes < nutrix (gen. nutricis), wet nurse < nutrire, to nourish < IE * (s)neu , var. of base * (s)nā , to flow > NATANT, Sans snāuti, (she)… …   English World dictionary

• nurse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English norice, norce, nurse, from Anglo French nurice, from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin, feminine of nutricius nourishing more at nutritious Date: 13th century 1. a. a woman who suckles an infant not her own ; wet… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nurse — nurse1 noun 1》 a person trained to care for the sick or infirm.     ↘dated a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. 2》 Entomology a worker bee or other social insect that cares for a young brood. 3》 Forestry a tree or crop… …   English new terms dictionary

• nurse — n. & v. n. 1 a person trained to assist doctors in caring for the sick or infirm. 2 a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. 3 archaic = wet nurse. 4 Forestry a tree planted as a shelter to others. 5 Zool. a sexually… …   Useful english dictionary

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