honey bee
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A Carniolan honey bee, Apis mellifera carnica
See also: honeybee
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English hony bee.
Pronunciation
Noun
honey bee (plural honey bees)
- Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
Hyponyms
- (species in Apis): See entry for Apis
Derived terms
- black dwarf honey bee (Apis andreniformis)
- Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis)
- Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica)
- Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasia)
- dwarf honeybee (Apis florea)
- East African lowland honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata)
- eastern honey bee (Apis cerana)
- European honeybee (Apis mellifera)
- giant honey bee (Apis dorsata)
- Japanese honey bee (Apis cerana japonica)
- Himalayan giant honey bee (Apis laboriosa)
- Himalayan honey bee (Apis dorsata laboriosa)
- Indonesian honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami)
- Koschevnikov's honey bee (Apis koschevnikovi)
- Maltese honey bee (Apis mellifera ruttneri)
- Philippine honey bee (Apis nigrocincta)
- red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea)
- western honeybee (Apis mellifera)
- For more see
List of Apis mellifera subspecies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- For more see
Translations
honey bee
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