: a honey-producing bee (genus Apis of the family Apidae)
especially: a European bee (A. mellifera) introduced worldwide and kept in hives for the honey it produces
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Beekeepers swarmed to the rescue this weekend, saving millions of honeybees after a semi-truck carrying their hives crashed.—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 2 June 2025 From June 2024 to February 2025, the United States suffered its worst commercial honeybee crash on record.—Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025 Pollinators including honeybees, bumblebees, and squash bees, fertilize flowers by transporting pollen from male blooms to female blooms.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025 The silvery foliage, honeybee in flight, softly dusted purple abundance of calyces, and flowers with beckoning trombone anthers is perfection.—New York Times Games, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for honeybee
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