East African lowland honey bee

noun

Any of subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata of the western honey bee, native to parts of Africa, and one of the ancestors of the Africanized bee.

Meanings

nounEast African lowland honey bee (plural East African lowland honey bees)

plural East African lowland honey bees

  1. Any of subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata of the western honey bee, native to parts of Africa, and one of the ancestors of the Africanized bee.

    Synonyms: African bee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata of the western honey bee, native to parts of Africa, and one of the ancestors of the Africanized bee.

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