apidæ

pl. [From Lat. apis = a bee.] A family of insects, the typical one of the Hymenopterous sub-tribe An tho phil a, the tribe Aculeata, and the order Hymenoptera itself. The Apidæ have an elongated tongue; whilst the Andrenidæ, the other family of An tho phil a, have the tongue short and blunt. It contains the social bees, Apis, Bombus, ., with some of the solitary ones, as Xylocopa. a-piēçe, a-piē ́çe, adv. [Eng. a, and piece.] IMG:content-0610.jpg:[ocr errors] Each. To each. "The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece ."- Numb . vii, 86. a-piē'-çěş, adv. [Pref. a = in, and Eng. pieces.] In pieces. (Beaumont & Fletcher: Little French Lawyer, ii. 1.)