On these foraging trips, the bee can travel as far as two to five miles from the hive.
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Foraging
Synonyms for "foraging" (18 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (9)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Danish
1 entries- fødesøgning noun (the act of searching for food)
Dutch
1 entries- voedselverzameling noun (the act of searching for food)
Finnish
3 entries- hortoilu noun (the act of searching for food)
- ruoanetsintä noun (the act of searching for food)
- ruoankeräily noun (the act of searching for food)
German
1 entries- Futtersuche noun (the act of searching for food)
Irish
1 entries- sirtheoireacht noun (the act of searching for food)
Japanese
1 entries- 採餌 noun (the act of searching for food)
Norwegian
1 entries- matauk noun (the act of searching for food)
Russian
2 entries- собирательство noun (the act of searching for food)
- фуражировка noun (the act of searching for food)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- pytanje picy noun (the act of searching for food)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Ziri went foraging.
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Farmers are bearing the brunt of the devastation the feral pests leave behind. The pigs are drawn to the sweet taste of sugarcane, while their incessant foraging carves up cultivated land and uproots plants.
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The hens range freely here, foraging the ground for extra nutrients. The eggs they lay have big orange yolks. The pigs also get plenty of space indoors and out, and have a wallow to wade in to stave off the summer heat. The cattle feed primarily on grass, not corn as they do in commercial feedlots. And all the animals are fed by hand twice a day, Ms. Lorraine says, so the farmers can keep a close eye on them and make sure they're well.
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