: a honey-producing bee (genus Apis of the family Apidae)
especially: a European bee (A. mellifera) introduced worldwide and kept in hives for the honey it produces
Illustration of honeybee
worker
queen
drone
Examples of honeybee in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBees, specifically honeybees, are the best known of all our pollinators.—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024 But new data from the Census of Agriculture shows that honeybee colonies have increased by 1 million in the last five years, for a total of 3.8 million.—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024 In a 2023 study of honeybees, AI deciphered a pattern in movements the bees used to communicate.—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024 Past research on honeybees has shown that hotter nest temperatures compromise the queens’ ability to reproduce and lead to smaller, less hardy worker bees.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for honeybee
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