Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BEE
BEE
Definitions of BEE
- A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
- A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
- A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
- (obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.
- (obsolete) inflection of be; been
- (nautical, usually, in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.
- (soccer) someone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
- A female given name.
- A surname.
- Obsolete spelling of be.
- (informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp.
- Alternative letter-case form of bee.
- (South Africa) Initialism of w:Black Economic Empowerment.
Number of letters
3
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using BEE in a Sentence
- Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
- Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon involving the abrupt disappearance of honey bees in a beehive or Western honey bee colony.
- It is not to be confused with bee balm (genus Monarda), although the white flowers attract bees, hence the genus Melissa (Greek for "honey bee").
- Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other medicinal herbs such as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort.
- Popular word-based game shows have been a part of television and radio throughout broadcast history, including Spelling Bee, the first televised game show, and Wheel of Fortune, the longest-running syndicated game show in the United States.
- A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia.
- Ophrys apifera, known in Europe as the bee orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Ophrys, in the family of Orchidaceae.
- A drone being a male bee that does no work, living off the labour of others, it aptly describes the late 1920s to early 1930s stereotype of rich, idle young club members, though some of them have careers and even jobs.
- The sheriff of Van Buren County subsequently arrested and jailed the sheriff from Kahoka, Missouri, and Missourians were charged with "stealing honey from bee trees" in what is now Lacey-Keosauqua State Park.
- John Harbison was a major contributor to the theory of bee culture with his development of new tools and methods that characterized the remarkable advances made in nineteenth century apicultural science.
- This honey is produced by placing beehives, known by the beekeepers as "Bee Boxes", in the swamps along the Apalachicola and other area rivers.
- Since 1957, McLouth has been the site of the Threshing Bee and Fall Festival, a celebration of antique farm machinery.
- Another prominent member of the Orwigsburg community is Robert Elser, a local comedian and professional bee wrangler.
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