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1. n. Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. 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.
2. n. social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
3. Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. 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.
4. Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities andcollects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apismellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A.fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered onlyvarieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of alarge number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queenor fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens,and a number of males or drones, are produced.
5. n:100 n. social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces