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.

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