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The Ancient Greek word for bee is
μέλισσα





bee



Translations for bee and their definitions

μέλισσα
     1. n. bee
     2. n. (poetic) honey
     3. n. poet (from their culling of sweet things from nature)
     4. n. priestess at Delphi
     5. n. (Neoplatonist philosophy) any pure being


μέλιττα
     1. n. alt form, grc, μέλισσᾰ, from=Attic


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