honeybee

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honeybee - 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]

honeybee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  honeybee
      n 1: social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
           [syn: honeybee, Apis mellifera]