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honey bee

  • a variation of honeybee.
    honeybee
    noun
    any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.

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The findings have important implications for beekeepers and for agricultural systems that rely on honey bee pollination.

From Science Daily Jan. 13, 2026

The study, titled "Negative Effects of Excessive Heat on Colony Thermoregulation and Population Dynamics in Honey Bees," followed nine honey bee colonies during a particularly hot summer in Arizona.

From Science Daily Jan. 13, 2026

What sounds like the storyline of a medieval palace drama often plays out in real-life honey bee colonies.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 2025

For this study, researchers ran simulations through a honey bee population dynamics model using climate projections for 2050 and the end of the century at 2100.

From Science Daily Mar. 25, 2024

The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication— on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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