black bee
Americannoun
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Apis mellifera mellifera, a subspecies of the western honey bee.
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any bee that has a black or dark brown body.
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The bees, known in the region as the Canary black bee, used propolis, a resinlike mixture sometimes known as bee glue, to seal themselves inside the hive, he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021
The B4 project in Cornwall is a local breeding programme which aims to preserve the Cornish strain of Apis mellifera mellifera, the Cornish black bee.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2014
The documentary begins on a sentimental note, as Mr. Imhoof discusses his clan’s history of raising a hardy Alpine breed of black bee.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2013
Something that looked like a giant black bee whooshed by them and careened around the curve ahead.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
O blue black bee, what is this behaviour, that thou seekest as it were to pick a quarrel with the poor red lotus who loves thee but too well?
From An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition by Bain, F. W. (Francis William)
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