Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Honey bees and honey abounded in Palestine (Deut. 1:44; 1 Kings 14:3; Psa. 81:16; Isa. 7:15,18).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Andrena Flavipes
The well-known insect that supplies honey. They are referred to symbolically as chasing and surrounding an enemy, and the painfulness of their attacks has often been experienced (Deut. 1:44; Judg. 14:8; Psa. 118:12; Isa. 7:18). Bees abound in Palestine, making their nests in the woods and in the clefts of the rocks, which habit well illustrates the description of the land as “flowing with milk and honey” (1 Sam. 14:26).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
or (shortened) dborah {deb-o-raw'}; from 1696 (in the sense of orderly motion); the bee (from its systematic instincts)