Noun honeybee A species of bee, Apis mellifera, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops. Scientific name Apis mellifera Related terms honey bee Translations Arabic: نّحل Bulgarian: медоносна пчела f Chinese: 蜜蜂 Dutch: honingbij f French: abeille m German: Honigbiene f, Honeybee m Italian: ape Japanese: 蜜蜂 Korean: 꿀벌 Norwegian: honningbie c Portuguese: abelha doméstica f, abelha de mel f Russian: пчела медоносная Spanish: abeja f
