black bee

/blæk bi/
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Other forms: black bees

Definitions of black bee
  1. noun
    dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
    synonyms: German bee
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    type of:
    Apis mellifera, honeybee
    social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
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