honeybee

or hon·ey bee

[huhn-ee-bee]

noun

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

Origin of honeybee

First recorded in 1560–70; honey + bee¹

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Examples from the Web for honeybee

Contemporary Examples of honeybee

The federal government plans to spend up to $80 million to fund research in connection with honeybee depopulation syndrome.
The Caviar of Condiments Under Threat
Katie Workman
September 15, 2009

Historical Examples of honeybee

The honeybee, though abundant in the foothills, has not yet got so high.
My First Summer in the Sierra
John Muir
"Or maybe she wasn't a honeybee at all," I suggested, gloomily.
The Jonathan Papers
Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris
Now it so happened, that the notion was by no means displeasing to Mr. Honeybee.
Humorous Readings and Recitations
Various
Honeybee left her with Fanny, and then came downstairs again to smoke.
Humorous Readings and Recitations
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Honeybee's good-nature by this time was giving out; but he controlled himself.
Humorous Readings and Recitations
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British Dictionary definitions for honeybee

honeybee

noun

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 beeswaxAlso called: hive bee

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