Bee

commonly A genus of used insects belonging the to the (be) Hymenoptera, to designate common Honey Bee, Apis mellific a (a. v.). B. -bread, a preparation of pollen with which bees fill certain cells. (The propolis, or hive-resin, is also incorrectly called bee-bread.) B. -poison, the irritating secretion discharged through the sting of the bee. See Formic Acid .