hive bee

English

Noun

hive bee (plural hive bees)

  1. The common honey bee.
    • 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia:
      Palpi exteriores are organs noticed in the rude sketch of the proboscis of the hive bee by Swammerdam, who does not, however, speak of them.
    • 1951, The Ibis, volume 93, page 505:
      This unavian behaviour, which recalls that of the hive-bee in winter, is evidently an adaptation to conserve heat.

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