black bee

1. 1.

   dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin

   SynonymsGerman bee

   Broaderhoneybee

Questions about black bee

What does black bee mean?

black bee means "dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin".

What is another word for black bee?

Close synonyms include German bee. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black bee a common word?

black bee is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.