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Honeybee

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...


Inhive

To place in a hive to hive...


Beehive

A hive for a swarm of bees Also used figuratively...


Bee line

The shortest line from one place to another like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey an air line...


Dequeen

To remove the queen from a hive of bees...


Hive

A box basket or other structure for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees...


Hiveless

Destitute of a hive...


Hiver

One who collects bees into a hive...


Hives

The croup...


Scopuliped

Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen as the hive bees and bumblebees...


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