Found 2 items, similar to honeybee.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: honeybee
honeybee
n : social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
[syn:
Apis mellifera]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Honeybee
Honeybee
\Hon"ey*bee`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any bee of the genus
Apis, which lives in communities and
collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (
Apis mellifica
), the Italian bee (
Apis ligustica), and the
Arabiab bee (
Apis fasciata). The two latter are by many
entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive
bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers
(barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile
female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and
a number of males or drones, are produced.
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