Meanings
nounhoney bee (plural honey bees)
plural honey bees · alternative honeybee
- Any of many subspecies of bee, in seven species of genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of many subspecies of bee, in seven species of genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
Similar
honeymaker[ludic]] or poetic when used at all>
Origin
- Middle Englishhony bee
- Middle Englishhony bee
- Englishhoney bee
Inherited from Middle English hony bee.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَحْل, نَحْلَة الْعَسَلِ
- نَحْل (naḥl)honey bee
- نَحْلَة الْعَسَلِhoney bee
Bengali মৌমাছি
- মৌমাছি (mōumachi)honey bee
Bulgarian медоносна пчела
- медоносна пчела (medonosna pčela)honey bee
Catalan abella de la mel, abella mel·lífera
- abella de la melhoney bee
- abella mel·líferahoney bee
Chinese Mandarin 蜜蜂
- 蜜蜂 (mìfēng)honey bee
Czech včela medonosná
- včela medonosnáhoney bee
Dutch honingbij, bij
- honingbijhoney bee
- bijhoney bee
- immehoney bee
Esperanto mielabelo
- mielabelohoney bee
Finnish hunajamehiläinen, tarhamehiläinen
- hunajamehiläinenhoney bee
- tarhamehiläinenhoney bee
- mehiläinenhoney bee
French abeille à miel, abeille
- abeille à mielhoney bee
- abeillehoney bee
German Honigbiene
- Honigbienehoney bee
Hebrew דבורת הדבש
- דבורת הדבש (dvorát hadvásh)honey bee
Hindi मधुमक्खी
- मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)honey bee
Icelandic býfluga
- býflugahoney bee
Indonesian lebah madu
- lebah maduhoney bee
Irish beach mheala, seileán
- beach mhealahoney bee
- seileánhoney bee
Italian ape da miele, ape domestica
- ape da mielehoney bee
- ape domesticahoney bee
Japanese 蜜蜂
- 蜜蜂 (mitsubachi)honey bee
Korean 꿀벌
- 꿀벌 (kkulbeol)honey bee
Latin apis
- apishoney bee
Norwegian Bokmål honningbie
- honningbiehoney bee
Persian زنبور عسل
- زنبور عسل (zanbur-e 'asal)honey bee
Polish pszczoła miodna
- pszczoła miodnahoney bee
Portuguese abelha doméstica, abelha de mel
- abelha domésticahoney bee
- abelha de melhoney bee
Russian пчела́ медоносная, медоно́сная пчела́
- пчела́ медоносная (pčelá medonosnaja)honey bee
- медоно́сная пчела́ (medonósnaja pčelá)honey bee
Scottish Gaelic seillean-mil, seillean-meala
- seillean-milhoney bee
- seillean-mealahoney bee
- seillean-sgiphoney bee
Spanish abeja, abeja melífera
- abejahoney bee
- abeja melíferahoney bee
- abeja de mielhoney bee
Swedish honungsbi
- honungsbihoney bee
Tagalog pukyot
- pukyothoney bee
Tamil தேனீ
- தேனீ (tēṉī)honey bee
Turkish bal arısı
- bal arısıhoney bee
Welsh gwenynen, gwenynen fêl
- gwenynenhoney bee
- gwenynen fêlhoney bee
Cite this entry
APA
honey bee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honey%20bee
MLA
“honey bee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honey%20bee. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “honey bee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honey%20bee.
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