hon·ey·bee (h n  -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. |
honeybee
Noun
a bee widely domesticated as a source of honey and beeswax
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| Noun | 1. |  honeybee - social bee often domesticated for the honey it producesbee - 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 |
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