apicula

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăpĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [apis],

a little bee , * Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 10; Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85; Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 8 Mai.