apis mellifera

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honeybee
A species of bee, Apis mellifera, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops
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The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee
the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A
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A honeybee is a bee that makes honey. a bee that makes honey. Broadly, any bee that makes honey (any insect of the tribe Apini, family Apidae); more strictly, one of the four species constituting the genus Apis. The term is usually applied to one species, the domestic honeybee (A. mellifera), also known as the European domestic bee or western honeybee. The other Apis species are confined to Asia. A. mellifera is usually about 0.5 in. (1.2 cm) long. All honeybees are social insects that live in nests or hives. They have three castes: workers (undeveloped females), queens, and drones (stingless males). See also beekeeping
Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced
social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp
{i} honey-gathering bee
apis mellifera