A parasitic fly that lives on honeybee colonies, especially the Braula coeca, a tiny wingless fly that feeds on bee food.
From New Latin, likely derived from a Germanic or Romance language root. The genus was scientifically named to describe this specific parasitic relationship.
Braula flies are so tiny and perfectly adapted to honeybee colonies that they can steal food from bees' mouths—it's like a microscopic bank heist happening millions of times daily in hives!
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