loading...| Preferred Name |
honey bee |
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| Synonyms |
honeybee |
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| Definitions |
A eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia but spread to four other continents by human beings. They are known for construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax, for the large size of their colonies, and for their surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7459 |
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| alternate name |
honey bees |
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| definition |
A eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia but spread to four other continents by human beings. They are known for construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax, for the large size of their colonies, and for their surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. |
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| has database cross reference |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Apis |
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| has exact synonym |
honeybee |
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| has synonym |
Apis |
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| label |
honey bee |
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| Library of Congress Classification |
QL568.A6 |
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| prefixIRI |
NCBITaxon:7459 |
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| prefLabel |
honey bee |
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