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hon·ey·bee

or honey bee (hŭn′ē-bē′)

Any of several social bees of the genus Apis that produce honey and are native to Eurasia and Africa, especially A. mellifera, widely domesticated as a source of honey and beeswax and often kept in hives.

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honeybee

(ˈhʌnɪˌbiː)

(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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hon′ey•bee`

or hon′ey bee`,

any bee that collects and stores honey, esp. Apis mellifera.

[1560–70]

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Noun

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

نَحْلة الخَلِيَّه

včela

honningbi

Honigbiene Biene

abejaabeja de mielabeja melífera

hunajamehiläinen

abeilleabeille à miel

mézelő méh

hunangsfluga

honungsbi

honeybee

[ˈhʌnɪbiː] N → abeja f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

honeybee

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

honeybee

[ˈhʌnɪˌbiː] n → ape f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

honey

(ˈhani) noun

1. a sweet, thick fluid made by bees from the nectar of flowers. bread and honey.

2. (especially American) darling (used when speaking to someone one loves).

ˈhoneybee noun

a bee in a hive, bred for producing honey.

ˈhoneycomb noun

the mass formed by rows of wax cells in which bees store their honey.

ˈhoneymoon noun

a holiday spent immediately after one's marriage. We went to London for our honeymoon; (also adjective) a honeymoon couple.

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One of the more startling facts Thomas Seeley, the Horace White Professor of Biology at Cornell University, cites in his comprehensive and essential The Lives of Bees is that "the honey bee provides nearly half of all crop pollination services worldwide." The importance of the honey bee to the earth and humans is undeniable, and many volumes have been written about the subject.

The Lives of Bees; The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild

Of the ten known Apis honey bee species known in the world, nine of them originate and live in Asia, and out of these nine, only this one is semi-domesticated, the rest are fully wild and live in natural conditions.

The Fascinating World of Bees

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Other activities include honey extraction demo, live Bees, Bee Beards, Honey Tasting, Beekeeping Demonstrations, Kids Zone, Local Artisans' Market and honey bee field trip.

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The four-day event was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, in cooperation with Petroleum Development Oman as part of their interest in promoting honey bee breeding sector, enhancing food security and encouraging apiarists to maximise their economic returns.

OVER 30 APIARISTS SHOWCASE PRODUCTS AT HONEY MARKET

The four-day market is organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF), in cooperation with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) as part of their interest in promoting honey bee breeding sector, enhancing food security and encouraging the breeders to maximise their economic returns.

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries opens 11th Omani Honey Market

A SIGHTING of the honey bee killing an Asian hornet has been confirmed in Cornwall.

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Brazilian honey is produced by the African-derived honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae); this honey bee is a polyhybrid mix of European and African subspecies that was generated by accident in Sao Paulo State and disseminated across South America reaching as far north as the United States (Clarke et al.

Can the environment influence varroosis infestation in Africanized honey bees in a Neotropical region?

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