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hive bee en · NOUN

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1. The common honey bee.
   • Palpi exteriores are organs noticed in the rude sketch of the proboscis of the hive bee by Swammerdam, who does not, however, speak of them. 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia:
   • This unavian behaviour, which recalls that of the hive-bee in winter, is evidently an adaptation to conserve heat. 1951, The Ibis, volume 93, page 505:

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