honeyguide
- a variation of honey guide.
Example Sentences
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Walking through the wild with honey hunters, the researchers played pre-recorded honeyguide calls used by two different communities in East Africa along with a control sound, and noted how often a honeyguide approached.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 17, 2024
In parts of Africa, people communicate with a wild bird -- the greater honeyguide -- in order to locate bee colonies and harvest their stores of honey and beeswax.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
An example is seen in the yellow-rumped honeyguide, a bird whose males defend beehives because the females feed on their wax.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Dunbar contends that the honeyguide has developed a theory of human behavior, most likely extrapolated from its relationships with other animals, like the honey badger, which it also leads to beehives.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2017
But the honeyguide flew over his head and sang, ‘Leave it, O hunter. Better things are ahead.’
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
