honey bee
Pollinator with stinger
A honey bee is a social insect that produces honey and beeswax, living in colonies with a queen, workers, and drones.
Honey bees are essential pollinators for agriculture and wild plants.
The term distinguishes them from other bee species that don't produce harvestable honey.
Also spelled as one word: honeybee.
- hiveBee dwelling structure
- waxPliable waterproof substance
- nectarFloral sugar water
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- droneUnmanned flying machine
royal jelly · propolis · pollination · eusocial · Apis mellifera · swarm · beeswax · smoker · apiary · apiculture · buzzing · clover · hexagon · flower · flower garden · golden · larvae · amber
- beeshoneybee, bumblebee, honeybees, bumblebees, carpenter bees
- Stinging Insectsant, wasp, hornet, bumblebee, honeybee
- Global Specieshouse sparrow, house mouse, brown rat, black rat, housefly
- pollinatorsbees, butterflies, butterfly, bumblebee, bumblebees
- working animalsherding, gun dog, guarding, pulling, hunting dog
- knock-knockswho's there, boo, lettuce, orange you glad, olive
beneficial vs harmful stinging insects
honey beewasp
Narrow-bodied stinging insect
yellow jacket · hornet · killer bee · Africanized bee · Asian giant hornet
honey, bee, honeyed, beehive, honeymoon, honeycomb, honeys, honeydew, honeying