Definition of apis mellifera Apis mellifera
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| apis mellifera - social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces | ||
| honeybee, Apis mellifera | ||
| bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species | ||
| apis, genus apis type genus of the Apidae: honeybees | ||
| africanized bee, africanized honey bee, apis mellifera adansonii, apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas | ||
| black bee, german bee dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin | ||
| carniolan bee greyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition | ||
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