"albină"

Translation: bee

[HellasCad]

This seems to come from the same root as the Latin "albus", which means white. Is this so?

[JonEnMiljon]

It originally comes from Lat. ”alveus” which means ”cavity” or "beehive". As time has passed the meaning has somehow wandered away to refer to the bees themselves. wiktionary.org is a great friend :)

[J.C.M.H.]

It seems that Latin apis (Italian ape) or Latin apicula (Spanish abeja) does not have a descendant in Romanian.

[crbratu]

We do have "apicultor" = bee keeper