What is "honey buzzard"

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.

2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.

   The honey of his language.
   --Shak.

3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.
   --Chaucer.

   Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus.
   --Shak.

   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.

   Honey ant (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.

   Honey bear. (Zo["o]l.) See Kinkajou.

   Honey buzzard (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.

n. A bird of prey in the family Accipitridae; ''Pernis apivorus''.

n. Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles [syn: Pernis apivorus]

Honey Buzzard may refer to:

• Pernis (bird), a genus of raptors, consisting of:
  • European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), a summer migrant to most of Europe and western Asia, wintering in tropical Africa
  • Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), also known as the Oriental honey Buzzard, a summer migrant to Siberia, wintering in tropical south east Asia
  • Barred honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis), found in Indonesia and the Philippines
• Henicopernis, a genus of raptors, consisting of:
  • Black honey buzzard (Henicopernis infuscatus), endemic to Papua New Guinea
  • Long-tailed honey buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda), found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
• The Honey Buzzards, a rock band from Norwich, England
• Honeybuzzard, US title of a novel by Angela Carter