Honey \Hon"ey\ (h[u^]n"[y^]), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig;
   akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel.
   hunang, Sw. h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust,
   Skr. ka[.n]a grain.]
   1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from
      flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the
      honeycomb.
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   2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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            The honey of his language.            --Shak.
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   3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.
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            Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
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   Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of
         compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or
         honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
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   Honey ant (Zool.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger),
      found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico,
      living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and
      smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as
      receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their
      abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant.
      These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and
      feed the rest.

   Honey badger (Zool.), the ratel.

   Honey bear. (Zool.) See Kinkajou.

   Honey buzzard (Zool.), a bird related to the kites, of the
      genus Pernis. The European species is Pernis apivorus;
      the Indian or crested honey buzzard is Pernis
      ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larv[ae] of
      bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite.

   Honey guide (Zool.), one of several species of small birds
      of the family Indicatorid[ae], inhabiting Africa and the
      East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the
      nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and
      indicator.

   Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the
      honey which is gathered. --Dryden.

   Honey kite. (Zool.) See Honey buzzard (above).

   Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia
      triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods
      with a sweet pulp between the seeds.

   Honey month. Same as Honeymoon.

   Honey weasel (Zool.), the ratel.
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Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek,
   AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht,
   Icel. haukr, Sw. h["o]k, Dan. h["o]g, prob. from the root of
   E. heave.] (Zool.)
   One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the
   family Falconid[ae]. They differ from the true falcons in
   lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in
   having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size
   and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were
   formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the
   word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as
   the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
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   Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed
         hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (Buteo
         lineatus); the broad-winged (Buteo Pennsylvanicus);
         the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the
         sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk,
         Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk,
         under Night.
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   Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.

   Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.

   Hawk eagle (Zool.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
      Spiz[ae]tus, or Limn[ae]tus, intermediate between the
      hawks and eagles. There are several species.

   Hawk fly (Zool.), a voracious fly of the family
      Asilid[ae]. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.

   Hawk moth. (Zool.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.

   Hawk owl. (Zool.)
   (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It
       flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
   (b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus).

   Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the
      striking mechanism of a clock.
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Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
   Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
   Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
   1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
      Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
      solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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   Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
         (Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
         its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
         numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
         Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
         of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
         Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
         of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
         tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
         Trigona.
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   2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
      labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
      quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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            The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
                                                  --S. G.
                                                  Goodrich.
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   3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
      1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
      sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
      through; -- called also bee blocks.
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   Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
      parasitic in beehives.

   Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
      European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.

   Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
      Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
      resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.

   Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
      Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
      parasitic upon bees.

   Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
      apiary. --Mortimer.

   Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
      the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
      also propolis.

   Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.

   Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
      Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
      the honeybee. See Robber fly.

   Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
      (Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.

   Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
      which occasionally feeds on bees.

   Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
      larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
      beehives.

   Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
      of Bee beetle.

   To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
      (a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
      (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
      (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
          whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
          --Sir W. Scott.
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