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honeybee, (tribe Apini), any of a small group of social bees that make honey. The tribe comprises a single genus —Apis—of which there are seven species. The term honeybee is commonly applied to a single species, Apis mellifera, the familiar and economically important western honeybee. Taxonomy See also list of ants, bees, and wasps. All honeybees are eusocial insects and live together in cooperative nests or hives. The honeybee is remarkable for the dancing movements it performs in the hive to communicate information to its fellow bees about the location, distance, size, and quality of a particular food source in ...(100 of 967 words)

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