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Meanings of honeybee in English

Portuguese
abelha de mel

Social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces.

abelha de mel

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

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Examples for "Apis mellifera"
Examples for "Apis mellifera"
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The famous European honeybee Apis mellifera is just one of them.
BBC
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Beye's research team told me their transgenic bees behave no differently than any other Apis mellifera honeybees.
The Guardian
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There is international trade in honeybees ( Apis mellifera) and their hives need constant management to keep diseases under control.
The Irish Times
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Honeybee ( Apis mellifera) populations are also being wiped out by Colony Collapse Disorder, caused by a cocktail of debilitating factors.
The South African
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But the researchers were at least able to identify them as Apis mellifera anatoliaca, a subspecies found only in what is now Turkey.
Wired

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Usage of honeybee in English
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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.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
6
What did the honeybee have in mind in the last sentence?
Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
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The famous European honeybee Apis mellifera is just one of them.
BBC
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What's that fleshy appendage stuck to the knees of the honeybee?
Wired
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Last year's prolonged winter and wet summer devastated Britain's honeybee population.
The Guardian
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Her mother hovered like a honeybee over a freshly opened peony.
Beneath a southern sky
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Here, we report highly efficient integration and expression of piggyBac-derived cassettes in the honeybee.
Pubmed
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Hopefully we can reverse the continuing trend of honeybee loss.
The Guardian
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For most people, a single honeybee sting merely results in localised pain and swelling.
BBC
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A lot of people think that there is just a honeybee and a bumblebee.
The Irish Times
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The honeybee was correctly identified 90 percent of the time.
Reuters
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The European honeybee is by far and away the most prolific maker of honey.
BBC
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