apple bee

noun

A wasp.

Meanings

nounapple bee (plural apple bees)

plural apple bees · alternative apple-bee

  1. southwest EnglandA wasp.
  2. Apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum)
  3. USA social gathering of farmers to help gather in the apple harvest, or process the fruit.
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