Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of many species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.

    Honigbiene

    пчела́ медоноснаяpčelá medonosnaja, медоно́сная пчела́medonósnaja pčelá

Examples

17 sentences
  1. I saw honey bees buzzing in the clover.

  2. We shouldn't just eat honey, but the bees, too.

  3. Honey is made by honey bees.

    ruМёд сделан медоносными пчёлами. — Lyte3000

  4. Where there is honey, there are bees.

  5. These flowers are a source of nectar for butterflies and honey bees.

    ruЭти цветы - источник нектара для бабочек и медоносных пчел. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English hony bee.

Inherited from Middle English hony bee.

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Forms

plural: honey bees

Synonyms

1 synonyms
honeymaker[ludic]] or poetic when used at all>

Word family

4 related words

See also

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