honeybee

hon·ey·bee  (hn-b)

n.

Any of several social bees of the genus Apis that produce honey, especially A. mellifera, widely domesticated as a source of honey and beeswax.

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honeybee [ˈhʌnɪˌbiː]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various social honey-producing bees of the genus Apis, esp A. mellifera, which has been widely domesticated as a source of honey and beeswax Also called hive bee

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

honeybee - social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces Apis mellifera bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species Apis, genus Apis - type genus of the Apidae: honeybees Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee - a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas black bee, German bee - dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin Carniolan bee - greyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition Italian bee - yellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits

Translations

honeybee [ˈhʌnɪbiː] N → abeja f

honeybee [ˈhʌnibiː] honey-bee n → abeille f à miel
honey-coloured [ˈhʌnikʌlə^rd] adj [stone] → couleur de miel; [hair] → couleur de miel

honeybee [ˈhʌnɪˌbiː] n → ape f