honeybee

or hon·ey bee

[ huhn-ee-bee ]

noun

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

honeybee

/ ˈhʌnɪˌbiː /

noun

1. 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 calledhive bee

Word History and Origins

Origin of honeybee¹

First recorded in 1560–70; honey + bee ¹

Example Sentences

She’s a honeybee biologist at Wellesley College in Massachusetts who also worked on the research.

From Science News For Students

Fecal spotting is the first clear example of honeybees using tools, say Mattila and Otis.

From Science News For Students

We know that mammals like humans, elephants, and even honeybees have ritualized ways of disposing of their dead, and that might be what’s happening with these fossils, she says.

From Popular-Science

About a third of global agricultural output depends on pollination from animals, particularly honeybees, and the precipitous decline in bee populations is one of the many pressing threats to humanity.

From Nautilus

He is an expert on honeybee biology in Ontario, Canada at the University of Guelph.

From Science News For Students

The federal government plans to spend up to $80 million to fund research in connection with honeybee depopulation syndrome.

From The Daily Beast

"Or maybe she wasn't a honeybee at all," I suggested, gloomily.

From Project Gutenberg

Once he disturbed a honeybee in the late afternoon, drunken and senseless on the fragrant flowers.

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Sometimes he does eat a honeybee, it is true, but it must be because he mistakes it for a large fly.

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But Lem was not there, and she continued on to the old honeybee tree, where he sat on a log in deep meditation.

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When they reached the old honeybee tree, they saw Slab cavorting down to meet them.

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