The Buzzing Life of a Honey Bees

honeybee, (tribe Apini), any of a group of insects in the family Apidae (order Hymenoptera) that in a broad sense includes all bees that make honey. In a stricter sense, honeybee applies to any one of seven members of the genus Apis-and usually only the single species, Apis mellifera, the domestic honeybee. This species is also called the European honeybee or the western honeybee.