Apis mellifera

Definitions of Apis mellifera

1. noun

   social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
   synonyms: honeybee

   types:

   Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee

   a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas

   German bee, black bee

   dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin

   Carniolan bee

   greyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition

   Italian bee

   yellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits

   type of:

   bee

   any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species