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hive bees

hive bees is the plural of hive bee.

Meaning of hive bee

Noun

hive bee (plural hive bees)

  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

Questions about hive bees

What is hive bees the plural of?
Hive bees is the plural of hive bee.

Words near hive bees in the dictionary

  1. HIV-positive
  2. HIV/AIDS
  3. Hiva Oa
  4. hive
  5. hive bee
  6. hive bees
  7. hive mind
  8. hive minds
  9. hive nest
  10. hive nests
  11. hive of activity

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