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  • 1 hive

    1) (a box etc where bees live and store up honey: He's building a hive so that he can keep bees.) bÿflugnabú
    2) (the bees that live in such a place: The whole hive flew after the queen bee.) bÿflugnabú, bÿflugur

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  • 2 ant

    [ænt]
    (a type of small insect, related to bees, wasps etc, thought of as hard-working.) maur
    - ant-hill

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  • 3 apiary

    ['eipiəri]
    plural - apiaries; noun
    (a place (containing several hives) where bees are kept.) bÿflugnabú

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  • 4 beehive

    noun (a box in which bees are kept, and where they store their honey.) bÿflugnabú

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  • 5 beeswax

    ['bi:zwæks]
    noun (the yellowish solid substance produced by bees for making their cells, and used in polishing wood.) bÿvax

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  • 6 buzz

    1. verb
    1) ((of an insect) to make a noise by beating its wings eg when flying: The bees buzzed angrily.) suða
    2) (to be filled with or make a similar noise: My ears are buzzing; The crowd was buzzing with excitement.) suða
    2. noun
    ((sometimes with a) a buzzing sound: a buzz of conversation.) suð, kliður
    - buzzer

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  • 7 honey

    1) (a sweet, thick fluid made by bees from the nectar of flowers: bread and honey.) hunang
    2) ((especially American) darling (used when speaking to someone one loves).) elskan
    - honeycomb
    - honeymoon

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  • 8 honeycomb

    noun (the mass formed by rows of wax cells in which bees store their honey.) vaxkaka

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  • 9 hum

    1. past tense, past participle - hummed; verb
    1) (to make a musical sound with closed lips: He was humming a tune to himself.) humma; raula með lokaðan munn
    2) (to make a similar sound: The bees were humming round the hive.) suða
    3) (to be active: Things are really humming round here.) vera á fullu
    2. noun
    (a humming sound: I could hear the hum of the machines; a hum of conversation.) suð, niður

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  • 10 nectar

    ['nektə]
    1) (the sweet liquid collected by bees to make honey.) hunangslögur
    2) (a delicious drink.) gómsætur drykkur

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  • 11 neuter

    ['nju:tə]
    1) (in certain languages, of the gender which is neither masculine nor feminine: a neuter noun.) hvorugkyns
    2) (without sex: Worker bees are neuter, being neither male nor female.) kynlaus

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  • 12 pollen

    ['polən]
    (the powder inside a flower which fertilizes other flowers: Bees carry pollen from flower to flower.) frjóduft
    - pollination

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  • 13 queen

    [kwi:n]
    1) (a woman who rules a country, who inherits her position by right of birth: the Queen of England; Queen Elizabeth II.) drottning
    2) (the wife of a king: The king and his queen were both present.) drottning
    3) (a woman who is in some way important, excellent or special: a beauty queen; a movie queen.) (fegurðar)drottning
    4) (a playing-card with a picture of a queen on it: I have two aces and a queen.) drottning
    5) (an important chess-piece: a bishop, a king and a queen.) drottning
    6) (the egg-laying female of certain kinds of insect (especially bees, ants and wasps).) drottning
    7) ((slang) a homosexual man who assumes the female role.)
    - queen mother

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  • 14 study

    1. verb
    1) (to give time and attention to gaining knowledge of a subject: What subject is he studying?; He is studying French; He is studying for a degree in mathematics; She's studying to be a teacher.) læra, stunda nám, stúdera
    2) (to look at or examine carefully: He studied the railway timetable; Give yourself time to study the problem in detail.) rannsaka, skoða
    2. noun
    1) (the act of devoting time and attention to gaining knowledge: He spends all his evenings in study; She has made a study of the habits of bees.) lærdómur; rannsókn
    2) (a musical or artistic composition: a book of studies for the piano; The picture was entitled `Study in Grey'.) etÿða, æfing
    3) (a room in a house etc, in which to study, read, write etc: The headmaster wants to speak to the senior pupils in his study.) lesstofa, bókaherbergi

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  • 15 swarm

    [swo:m] 1. noun
    1) (a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together: a swarm of ants.) (skordÿra)sveimur, urmull, mor, ger
    2) ((often in plural) a great number or crowd: swarms of people.) mergð, skari
    2. verb
    1) ((of bees) to follow a queen bee in a swarm.) fljúga í hóp, sverma
    2) (to move in great numbers: The children swarmed out of the school.) flykkjast, hópast
    3) (to be full of moving crowds: The Tower of London was swarming with tourists.) mora, vera fullur af

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  • 16 wax

    I 1. [wæks] noun
    1) (the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.) (bÿflugna)vax
    2) (the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears.) eyrnamergur
    3) (a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine: furniture wax.) gljávax, bón
    4) (( also adjective) (also candle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated: a wax model.) kertavax
    5) (sealing-wax.) innsiglunarvax
    2. verb
    (to smear, polish or rub with wax.) vaxbera, bóna
    - waxen
    - waxy
    - waxwork
    - waxworks
    II [wæks] verb
    1) ((of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible.) vaxa, aukast, stækka
    2) (an old word for to grow or increase.) vaxa, aukast, stækka

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