APIS MELLIFICA Meaning and
Definition
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Apis mellifica, commonly known as the honey bee, is a species of flying insect belonging to the family Apidae. It is widely recognized for its role in ecological processes, agricultural pollination, and honey production. Honey bees are characterized by their distinct yellow and black striped body, slender shape, and serrated wings.
Apis mellifica is found in various regions around the world, thriving in diverse habitats such as forests, meadows, and gardens. They are social insects, living in organized colonies with a highly complex social structure. Each colony consists of a single queen bee, workers, and drones. The queen is responsible for laying eggs, while workers collect nectar, pollen, and water, build and maintain the hive, and care for the larvae and the queen. Drones are reproductively specialized males.
These bees play a crucial role in plant reproduction through pollination. They visit flowers in search of nectar and pollen, transferring pollen grains between flowers, facilitating fertilization and subsequent fruit and seed production. This mutualistic relationship between the honey bee and plants is essential for the reproduction of numerous plant species, including many fruits, vegetables, and flowering plants.
Furthermore, Apis mellifica is renowned for its production of honey, a natural sweet substance. Honey bees store the collected nectar in their hives, where it undergoes enzymatic transformations, water evaporation, and microbial activity, resulting in the creation of honey. Honey serves as an energy-rich food source for both the bees themselves and humans, who consume it for its unique and distinct flavor. In addition, honey possesses several health-promoting properties and is utilized in various culinary and medicinal applications.
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(1) The honey-bee, hive-bee, the source of honey; (2) a homeopathic remedy, apis mellifica, made by shaking a number of bees together in a bottle to make them angry, and then pouring alcohol over them; employed in nephritis complicating scarlet fever, in erysipelas, conjunctivitis with smarting of the eyes, and to control night screaming of children; dose, 3rd to 30th potency.
A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.
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Etymology of APIS MELLIFICA
The word "Apis mellifica" has its roots in Latin and Greek.
"Apis" is the Latin word for "bee". It originates from the Greek word "ἄπις" (apis), which also means "bee". This word was adopted by the Romans and carried over into Latin.
"Mellifica" is a Latin word combining "mellis" and "facere". "Mellis" means "honey", while "facere" means "to make" or "to produce". Therefore, "mellifica" can be translated as "honey-making" or "honey-producing".
When combined together, "Apis mellifica" can be interpreted as "honeybee". This scientific name is commonly used to refer to the European honeybee species (Apis mellifera), known for its production of honey.
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