honeybee

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
honeybee
    n 1: social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
         [syn: {honeybee}, {Apis mellifera}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Honeybee \Hon"ey*bee`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and
   collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis
   mellifica}), the Italian bee ({Apis ligustica}), and the
   Arabiab bee ({Apis fasciata}). The two latter are by many
   entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive
   bee. 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.
   [1913 Webster]
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