Bee
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
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}.
[1913 Webster]
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}.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
[1913 Webster]
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
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 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
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
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
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