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HONEYBEE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Beekeeping
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A bee that gathers and stores honey, especially the common hive-bee.

OBS

Races or varieties of the domestic bee are also distinguished by the names of the geographical localities in which they occur and from which they have been exported, as Italian, Carniolan, Syrian ...

OBS

An insect (order Hymenoptera) of the family Apidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Élevage des abeilles
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Insecte social vivant en colonie (dans une ruche ou tout autre cavité), récoltant le nectar, le pollen et la propolis et produisant le miel, la cire, la gelée royale, le venin.

OBS

Les races ou les variétés d'abeilles domestiques sont aussi distinguées par le nom des localités géographiques dans lesquelles elles sont trouvées et desquelles elles ont été exportées, comme les Italiennes, les Carnioliennes, les Syriennes [...]

OBS

Insecte (ordre des hyménoptères) de la famille des Apidae.

Spanish

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