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(Lat.), n.f. ®s, Gr., wédAtcoa, Fr., abeille. Ger., Biene, It., ape. Sp., abeja. The bee; a genus of hymenopterous insects including the bees. Bees, powdered, are occasionally used asa diuretic (three bees at a dose). [B, 117.] See also APIsIN, BEE, Honey, and Wax.—A. A dans on i i [Latreille]. A variety of A. mellific a found throughout the continent of Africa except in its northern part. [B, 49.|—A. cerifera [Scop.]. See A. mellific a.— ‘A. domestic a [Ray]. See A. mellific a.—A. dorsata [Fab.}. A large east Asiatic species distinguished by bearing on the metatarsus of the hind-legs 13 distinct rows of bristles instead of 10 as in other species, [B, 49.]—A. fasci at a [Latreille]. A variety of honey-bee (4. mellific a) found in Egypt, Arabia, and France. ” [B, 49; L, 65.|—A. florea [Fabius]. A very small species found in southern Asia. [B, 49.]—A. gregaria [Geoffrois]. See A. aa ca.—A. indica [Fab.]. A species found in southern Asia. [B, 49.]—A. ligustica [Spin.}. À variety of the À. mellific a found in northern Italy; having the first segment of the abdomen yellow and a black thorax. The same variety in France has a yellow thorax: [B, 49.]—A. mellifera [Fourer.], A. mellific a [L} nnmus}. Fr., abeille mell i fique (ou domestique). Ger, Honigbiene. It., ape pecchia. Sp., abeja comun (6 trabajador). The common honey-. Five varieties, differing in color and size, are known, viz.: (1) the ordinary honey-bee, or A. mellific a proper, of which the Gre- Gian bee, or A. cecropia, is a subvariety; (2) the A. ligustica; (3) the Egyptian bee, or A. fasci at a; (4) the African bee, or A. A dans on i i; (5) the Madagascar bee, or A. wnicolor. [B, 49.] The homeopathists apply the term also to a medicinal preparation of the poison of the bee.—A. pallid a. A South American species. [L, 65.—A. unicolor [Latreille]. A black honey-bee (a variety of 4. mellific a) found in Madagascar. [B, 49; L,63.)—A. vulgar is alvearium [Ray]. See A. mellific a. APISIN,n.?s-i?n, Fr.,apisine. Ger., Apisin. The poison of the bee. {L, 41. A PIS IN AT I ON (Fr,),n. A?-pe-se-na%-se-o'?n?, Inoculation with the poison of the bee. {L, 41.]