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8 definitions for bee From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bee \Bee\,
p. p. of Be; -- used for been. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: 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
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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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.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan 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.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys ({Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. 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 (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
({Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth ({Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee 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.
[1913 Webster] beebalm
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
bee
n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to
hold competitions
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "bee":
boutade, bumblebee, conceit, cornhusking, crotchet, drone, fancy,
freak, honeybee, hornet, humor, husking, idea, impulse, megrim,
queen, queen bee, quilting bee, raising bee, vagary, wasp, whim,
worker, yellow jacket
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
Bee
First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of
their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a
"swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg.
14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and
in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the
"fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and
Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Bee, NE (village, FIPS 3600)
Location: 41.00692 N, 97.05768 W
Population (1990): 209 (79 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68314
Bee, VA
Zip code(s): 24217
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) :
Bee -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 32359
Housing Units (2000): 10939
Land area (2000): 880.143320 sq. miles (2279.560638 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.170296 sq. miles (0.441064 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 880.313616 sq. miles (2280.001702 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 28.411702 N, 97.746289 W
Headwords:
Bee
Bee, TX
Bee County
Bee County, TX
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Bee, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 223
Housing Units (2000): 89
Land area (2000): 0.247993 sq. miles (0.642298 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.247993 sq. miles (0.642298 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03600
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.005857 N, 97.057969 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68314
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bee, NE
Bee
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