apis : Idioms & Phrases

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apis mellifera

  • noun social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
    honeybee.
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apis mellifera adansonii

  • noun 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
    Apis mellifera adansonii; Africanized bee; killer bee; Africanized honey bee.
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apis mellifera scutellata

  • noun 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
    Apis mellifera adansonii; Africanized bee; killer bee; Africanized honey bee.
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genus apis

  • noun type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
    Apis.
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