bee fly

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   hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects

   Broaderfly

   Part ofBombyliidae

Questions about bee fly

What does bee fly mean?

bee fly means "hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects".

Is bee fly a common word?

bee fly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.