bee

[Bee]

A bee is a fuzzy, buzzing insect that flies and sometimes stings. Many flower gardens are especially planned to attract bees.

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p. p. of Be; -- used for been.

Noun
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

Noun
a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions


p. p. of Be; -- used for been.

n.
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

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A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.

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Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.

Bee

Bee , p. p. of Be; -- used for been. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bee

Bee , n. [AS. be'a2; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b, Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. &root;97.] 1. (Zo'94l.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apid'91 (the honeybees), or family Andrenid'91 (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee. &hand; There are many genera and species. The common honeybee (Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the A. mellifica there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the A. ligustica of Spain and Italy; the A. Indica of India; the A. fasciata of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and Trigona. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be'a0h ring, fr. bgan to bend. See 1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks. Bee beetle (Zo'94l.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zo'94l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus Ophrys (O. apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. -- Bee fly (Zo'94l.), a two winged fly of the family Bombyliid'91. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. -- Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary. Mortimer. -- Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also propolis. -- Bee hawk (Zo'94l.), the honey buzzard. -- Bee killer (Zo'94l.), a large two-winged fly of the family Asilid'91 (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. See Robber fly. -- Bee louse (Zo'94l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula c'91ca) parasitic on hive bees. -- Bee martin (Zo'94l.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees. -- Bee moth (Zo'94l.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larv'91 feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. -- Bee wolf (Zo'94l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of Bee beetle. -- To have a bee in the head ∨ in the bonnet. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head." Sir W. Scott.

p. p. of Be; -- used for been.

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apid'91 (the honeybees), or family Andrenid'91 (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

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Usage Examples

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business I have to humiliate myself.

My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went all straight and I looked like a black Bee Gee.

I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.

When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

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Other Usage Examples

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.

The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

I don't trust the Bee Gee's because there's no way they could always be happy.