hive bee

noun

1. another name for a honeybee

Example Sentences

The transition from hive bee to forager is not dictated by age alone — a hive has to maintain balance among its types of workers, and so bees can speed up, slow down, or even reverse this process as necessary.

From Nature

“When foragers return to the hive, the water is regurgitated and passed by trophallaxis, a fancy word for mouth to mouth, from the forager bee to a younger hive bee,” he said.

From New York Times

While the hive bee smears droplets on the comb, other bees hang out near the hive entrance, fanning their wings to increase airflow through the hive.

From New York Times

When extra water is needed, a hive bee signals to a forager bee by refusing to take her nectar for some time.

From New York Times

Bee′-line, the most direct road from one point to another, like the honey-laden bee's way home to the hive; Bee′-moth, a species of moth whose larv� are very destructive to young bees; Bees′wax, the wax secreted by bees, and used by them in constructing their cells.—v.t. to polish with beeswax.—n.

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