"Bee"

Translation: Nyuki

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Note: Honey bee (Apis mellifera) is "nyuki-asali ("asali" means honey)

From Wikipedia (Swahili):

https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyuki

https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyuki-asali

[ngwarai]

In other Bantu family languages;

nyuchi -- ciNdau, chiShona.
inyosi -- isiNdebele, isiZulu.
njuchi -- chiChewa

Bantu language speakers, what do you call a bee in your language?

[JakeLeeKennedy]

Is this where the town of nanyuki gets its name?

[MatthewRik1]

Are there lots of bees there? :)