Honey bee
From Hull AWE
The common English name of apis mellifera has two elements,'honey' and 'bee'. There is dispute over how to amalgamate them: is it honey bee or honeybee (or even honey-bee)?
Most formally, it is the Western honey bee.
Beyond that, the traditional practice appears to be, ‘When in doubt, use a hyphen’.
The Oxford Companion to the English Language (2 ed.) Tom McArthur, Jacqueline Lam-McArthur, and Lise Fontaine
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