European honey bee

English

Etymology

European +‎ honey bee. From being a bee native to Europe, that is cultivated to produce honey.

Alternative forms

  • European honeybee, European honey-bee

Noun

European honey bee (countable and uncountable, plural European honey bees)

  1. (uncountable) The species Apis mellifera.
  2. (countable) An individual of that species

Synonyms

  • western honey bee
  • Western honey bee
  • Western honey-bee
  • western honeybee
  • western honey-bee
  • Western honeybee

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • African honey bee
  • Africanised honey bee
  • africanised honey bee
  • Africanized honey bee
  • africanized honey bee
  • Asian honey bee
  • Asiatic honey bee
  • eastern honey bee
  • Eastern honey bee
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