honeybees

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honeybee

A honeybee is a type of insect that makes and collects honey.

Honeybees are very busy insects. People often talk about them when they mention gardening or farming because these insects help pollinate plants, which means they spread pollen around so flowers can grow. You might also hear people mention honeybees in the context of beekeeping, where someone keeps bees to harvest their honey. If you go for a walk outside and see some buzzing bees flying from flower to flower, chances are they're honeybees hard at work collecting nectar.

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noun

  • Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.

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