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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Insect members of the superfamily Apoidea, found almost everywhere, particularly on flowers. About 3500 species occur in North America. They differ from most WASPS in that their young are fed honey and pollen rather than animal food. Honey is collected in the form of nectar from flowers and concentrated into honey by evaporation. For most people bee stings are of little significance and are treated locally; other persons, however, react with hypersensitivity putting them in serious danger. (Borror, et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, p409)

An insect which stores up the pollen of flowers for food, or which makes honey and wax; the honey-bee kept in hives for the sake of its honey and wax; an industrious person; a social meeting of neighbors for some purpose; as, a spelling bee, a quilting bee, or a husking bee.

A four-winged insect that makes honey.

BEE-LINE, the most direct road from one point to another, like the honey-laden bee's way home to the hive.

An assemblage of people, generally neighbors, to unite their labors for the benefit of one individual or family. At such meetings dancing and much merriment are usually introduced at the breaking up. (Amer.).

An insect that collects honey and makes wax.

A social honey - gathering insect.

A gathering of neighbors or friends for work or amusement.

Sax. beo. Apis, A. mellif'ica seu domest'ica, Melis'sa, Melit'ta, (F.) Abeille. This insect was formerly exhibited, when dried and powdered, as a diuretic.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A well-known four-winged insect of many genera and species;—figuratively, an industrious person.

The animal that makes honey; an industrious and careful person.