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Meanings of honey bee in English

A stinging, social, domesticated insect (Apis mellifera) kept by humans for the creation of beeswax and honey.

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Examples for "honeybee"
Examples for "honeybee"
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When most people think of bees, they think of the European honeybee.
Wired
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The average honeybee, ant or termite has pretty limited options in life.
BBC
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Isn't nature working through us as much as through the honeybee?
The Guardian
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During this time, honeybee populations have also gone into sharp and as-yet-unexplained decline.
Wired
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David Tarpy told me of the number of mates of a honeybee queen.
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Usage of honey bee in English
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We wouldn't expect anything less than from momma and her honey bee.
Ebony
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One of the most familiar illustrations is the instinct of the honey bee.
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Rozen said the Brazilian honey bee is a hybrid resulting from interbreeding bet.
The new yorker
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Deseret, a Book of Mormon name for the honey bee, was more appropriate.
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US: The honey bee is helping scientists discover how alcohol affects the brain.
The Irish Times
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Professional beekeepers bring in honey bee queens to replenish their hives every few years.
The Guardian
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ON THE first day of March, I saw my first honey bee of 1996.
The Irish Times
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Pollination is necessary for plants to reproduce and the honey bee is a pollinator.
The Irish Times
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The honey bee queen and worker castes are a model system for developmental plasticity.
Pubmed
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A honey bee couldn't do that if it wanted to.
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Bumblebees and their cousins, the honey bee, have been dying off at alarming rates.
Reuters
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The honey bee provides an opportunity to study the roles of methylation in social contexts.
Pubmed
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You have heard very much lately about the sting of the honey bee for rheumatism.
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Audio The honey bee is nature's little miracle worker.
Radio NZ
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However, suitable reference genes have not been reported from viral and RNAi studies of honey bee.
Pubmed
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Among our insect friends the leading place belongs either to the honey bee or the silkworm.
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