Bee
noun
An insect that can fly and makes honey.
A bee stung me while I was in the garden.
Often appears as...
- busy as a bee
- worker bee
noun
A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and entertainment, often to achieve a communal goal.
We're having a quilting bee at my house next Tuesday.
Often appears as...
- quilting bee
- spelling bee
noun
A meeting of people to discuss or indulge in a shared interest.
The poetry bee last night was a great success.
Often appears as...
- poetry bee
- writing bee
noun
An insect that can fly and makes honey.
A bee stung me while I was in the garden.
Often appears as...
- busy as a bee
- worker bee
noun
A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and entertainment, often to achieve a communal goal.
We're having a quilting bee at my house next Tuesday.
Often appears as...
- quilting bee
- spelling bee
noun
A meeting of people to discuss or indulge in a shared interest.
The poetry bee last night was a great success.
Often appears as...
- poetry bee
- writing bee
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Common Insect
Bees are often found around flowers and are important for pollination.
Look at the bees buzzing around those blooms.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Bees symbolize hard work and are sometimes used to describe very active people.
My mom is like a bee, always moving and doing something.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature's Product
Honey from bees is a natural sweetener and has many uses in cooking and medicine.
She uses honey made by bees as a natural remedy for her sore throat.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Insect
Bees are often found around flowers and are important for pollination.
Look at the bees buzzing around those blooms.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Bees symbolize hard work and are sometimes used to describe very active people.
My mom is like a bee, always moving and doing something.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature's Product
Honey from bees is a natural sweetener and has many uses in cooking and medicine.
She uses honey made by bees as a natural remedy for her sore throat.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Insect
Bees are often found around flowers and are important for pollination.
Look at the bees buzzing around those blooms.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Bees symbolize hard work and are sometimes used to describe very active people.
My mom is like a bee, always moving and doing something.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature's Product
Honey from bees is a natural sweetener and has many uses in cooking and medicine.
She uses honey made by bees as a natural remedy for her sore throat.
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Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
He probably has a queen bee tied to his chin, and the other bees are attracted to it. So this really demonstrates our relationship with honeybees, and that goes deep back for thousands of years. We're very co-evolved, because we depend on bees for pollination and, even more recently,
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Why do honeybees love...
behind the most important aspect of honeybee the hive. Just like humans, bees need food and shelter to stay alive. The hive is not only the bees' home, but doubles as a place to store their honey. Since it's so central to survival,
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Filming Wildlife...
we've been doing some great bonding uh it's awesome uh when i tell my friends that i'm helping my dad film bees they think that it's just honeybees and that they're gonna just sting me and they get really freaked out
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the hornets pay little attention to the few surviving bees the motivation for the attack lies within the combs outside the exhausted hornets exchange liquids to boost their energy inside the defenseless young are
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How bees help plants...
And these bees, dutifully helping lonely plants have sex, aren't alone. But rather are part of a very complex network of matchmaking creatures, critical for the pollination of natural ecosystems and crops.
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Why I think inside the...
terribly allergic to bees and afraid of them so I covered it in more resin thinking I would hide it the opposite happened I discovered an optical quality the text was magnified this built me
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How Do Honeybees Get...
the honeybee is one of the most collaborative insects in the world each hive is comprised of thousands of bees working together in order to build and sustain a colony within the colony each
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The Man Who Can Control...
he is a professor of entomology and has been studying bees in their communication all his life by covering his body with a pheromone
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Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...
The birds use all sorts of different tactics to snare as many bees as they can. A long bill certainly helps.
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Giant Hornets Massacre...
the Hornets pay little attention to the few surviving bees the motivation for
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
He probably has a queen bee tied to his chin, and the other bees are attracted to it. So this really demonstrates our relationship with honeybees, and that goes deep back for thousands of years. We're very co-evolved, because we depend on bees for pollination and, even more recently,
Video examples
Why do honeybees love...
behind the most important aspect of honeybee the hive. Just like humans, bees need food and shelter to stay alive. The hive is not only the bees' home, but doubles as a place to store their honey. Since it's so central to survival,
Video examples
Filming Wildlife...
we've been doing some great bonding uh it's awesome uh when i tell my friends that i'm helping my dad film bees they think that it's just honeybees and that they're gonna just sting me and they get really freaked out
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the hornets pay little attention to the few surviving bees the motivation for the attack lies within the combs outside the exhausted hornets exchange liquids to boost their energy inside the defenseless young are
Video examples
How bees help plants...
And these bees, dutifully helping lonely plants have sex, aren't alone. But rather are part of a very complex network of matchmaking creatures, critical for the pollination of natural ecosystems and crops.
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
terribly allergic to bees and afraid of them so I covered it in more resin thinking I would hide it the opposite happened I discovered an optical quality the text was magnified this built me
Video examples
How Do Honeybees Get...
the honeybee is one of the most collaborative insects in the world each hive is comprised of thousands of bees working together in order to build and sustain a colony within the colony each
Video examples
The Man Who Can Control...
he is a professor of entomology and has been studying bees in their communication all his life by covering his body with a pheromone
Video examples
Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...
The birds use all sorts of different tactics to snare as many bees as they can. A long bill certainly helps.
Video examples
Giant Hornets Massacre...
the Hornets pay little attention to the few surviving bees the motivation for
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Brenda Lee
American Musician
I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.
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John Sebastian
American Musician
When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of the other people that I had bee a studio musician with.
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Beyonce Knowles
American Musician
I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
It is hard to imagine a world without bees. It would be even harder to live in it.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
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Harold MacMillan
English Politician
Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Emily Berrington
English Actress
I was not a queen bee, ever.
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Brenda Lee
American Musician
I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.
Quote examples
John Sebastian
American Musician
When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of the other people that I had bee a studio musician with.
Quote examples
Beyonce Knowles
American Musician
I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.
Quote examples
Barry Gardiner
British Politician
It is hard to imagine a world without bees. It would be even harder to live in it.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Quote examples
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
Quote examples
Harold MacMillan
English Politician
Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Emily Berrington
English Actress
I was not a queen bee, ever.
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