bee
n. type of flying insect; gathering for the purpose of carrying out a certain task (quilting bee, spelling bee, etc.) | ||||
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Bee Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations |
BEE
bioenvironmental engineering officer
bioenvironmental engineering officer
| US Zip Codes |
24217
State: VIRGINIA
City: BEE
State: VIRGINIA
City: BEE
68314
State: NEBRASKA
City: BEE
Bee Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Bee
p. p. of Be; -- used for been.
(n.)
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
(n.)
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
(n.)
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
(n.)
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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
bee
Noun
1. any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
(hypernym) hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
(hyponym) drone
(member-holonym) Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea
2. a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
(hypernym) social gathering, social affair
(hyponym) quilting bee
Noun
1. any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
(hypernym) hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
(hyponym) drone
(member-holonym) Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea
2. a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
(hypernym) social gathering, social affair
(hyponym) quilting bee
| The Phrase Finder |
A bee in your bonnet
Meaning
Preoccupied or obsessed with an idea.
Origin
Thought to have come from Robert Herrick's poem, 'Mad Maid's Song', 1648.
Ah! woe is me, woe, woe is me! Alack and well-a-day!
For pity, sir, find out that bee Which bore my love away.
I'll seek him in your bonnet brave,
I'll seek him in your eyes;
Nay, now I think they've made his grave
I' th' bed of strawberries.
Meaning
Preoccupied or obsessed with an idea.
Origin
Thought to have come from Robert Herrick's poem, 'Mad Maid's Song', 1648.
Ah! woe is me, woe, woe is me! Alack and well-a-day!
For pity, sir, find out that bee Which bore my love away.
I'll seek him in your bonnet brave,
I'll seek him in your eyes;
Nay, now I think they've made his grave
I' th' bed of strawberries.
As busy as a bee
Origin
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 - 1400), Canterbury Tales.
The Squyeres Tale
“Ey! Goddes mercy!” sayd our Hoste tho,
“Now such a wyf I pray God keep me fro.
Lo, suche sleightes and subtilitees
In wommen be; for ay as busy as bees
Be thay us seely men for to desceyve,
And from a soth ever a lie thay weyve.
And by this Marchaundes tale it proveth wel.
Bees and honey
Meaning
Money. Cockney rhyming slang.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang.
The bee's knees
Meaning
Excellent - the highest quality.
Origin
Bees carry pollen back to the hive in sacs on their legs. It is tempting to explain this phrase as alluding to the concentrated goodness to be found around the bee's knee. There's no evidence for that explanation though. The phrase seems to have been coined in 1920s America and the first printed reference to it is found in 1922. There's no deep and profound reason for relating bees and knees other than it's perky sounding rhyme, along the lines of 'the mutts nuts'.
Where the bee sucks, there suck I
Origin
From Shakespeare's The Tempest.
| Australian Slang |
Bee's dick
anything small or insignificant
anything small or insignificant
Bee's knees
the greatest
Bees and honey
money
By the breadth of a bees dick
by a narrow margin
The birds and the bees
human sexual reproduction, as explained metaphorically to children
Wasp and bee
tea
| hEnglish - advanced version |
bee
bee
\bee\ (&?;), p. p. of be; -- used for been. [obs.]
bee
\bee\ (bē), n. [as. be?; akin to d. bij and bije, icel. b&?;, sw. & dan. bi, ohg. pini, g. biene, and perh. ir. beach, lith. bitis, skr. bha. ?97.]
1. (zo?l.) an insect of the order hymenoptera, and family apid? (the honeybees), or family andrenid? (the solitary bees.) see honeybee.
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 a. mellifica there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the a. ligustica of spain and italy; the a. indica of india; the a. fasciata of egypt. the bumblebee is a species of bombus. the tropical honeybees belong mostly to melipoma and trigona.
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.] the cellar was dug by a bee in a single day. g. goodrich.
3. pl. [prob. fr. as. be?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.
bee
beetle (zo?l.), a beetle (trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives.
bee
bird (zo?l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the european flycatcher, and the american kingbird.
bee
flower (bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus ophrys (o. apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
bee
fly (zo?l.), a two winged fly of the family bombyliid?. some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees.
bee
garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary.
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 (zo?l.), the honey buzzard.
bee
killer (zo?l.), a large two-winged fly of the family asilid? (esp. trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. see robber fly.
bee
louse (zo?l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (braula c?ca) parasitic on hive bees.
bee
martin (zo?l.), the kingbird (tyrannus carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees.
bee
moth (zo?l.), a moth (galleria cereana) whose larv? feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives.
bee
wolf (zo?l.), the larva of the bee beetle. see illust. of bee beetle.
similar words(45)
to have a bee in the head
leaf-cutting bee
italian bee
rocky mountain bee plant
wild bee
queen bee
leaf-cutter bee
bee kite
bee nettle
horned bee
upholsterer bee
rose-cutting bee
bee-eater
poppy bee
bee wolf
bee fly
killer bee
solitary bee
carpenter bee
mason bee
quilting bee
busy bee
raising bee
africanized bee
bee balm
bee martin
drone bee
bee beetle
worker bee
bee flower
bee blocks
cuckoo bee
bee killer
bee hawk
bee larkspur
to have a bee in the bonnet
bee bird
bee glue
wattled bee-eater
bee louse
bee line
dog bee
hive bee
bee moth
bee garden
bee
\bee\ (&?;), p. p. of be; -- used for been. [obs.]
bee
\bee\ (bē), n. [as. be?; akin to d. bij and bije, icel. b&?;, sw. & dan. bi, ohg. pini, g. biene, and perh. ir. beach, lith. bitis, skr. bha. ?97.]
1. (zo?l.) an insect of the order hymenoptera, and family apid? (the honeybees), or family andrenid? (the solitary bees.) see honeybee.
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 a. mellifica there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the a. ligustica of spain and italy; the a. indica of india; the a. fasciata of egypt. the bumblebee is a species of bombus. the tropical honeybees belong mostly to melipoma and trigona.
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.] the cellar was dug by a bee in a single day. g. goodrich.
3. pl. [prob. fr. as. be?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.
bee
beetle (zo?l.), a beetle (trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives.
bee
bird (zo?l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the european flycatcher, and the american kingbird.
bee
flower (bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus ophrys (o. apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
bee
fly (zo?l.), a two winged fly of the family bombyliid?. some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees.
bee
garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary.
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 (zo?l.), the honey buzzard.
bee
killer (zo?l.), a large two-winged fly of the family asilid? (esp. trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. see robber fly.
bee
louse (zo?l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (braula c?ca) parasitic on hive bees.
bee
martin (zo?l.), the kingbird (tyrannus carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees.
bee
moth (zo?l.), a moth (galleria cereana) whose larv? feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives.
bee
wolf (zo?l.), the larva of the bee beetle. see illust. of bee beetle.
similar words(45)
to have a bee in the head
leaf-cutting bee
italian bee
rocky mountain bee plant
wild bee
queen bee
leaf-cutter bee
bee kite
bee nettle
horned bee
upholsterer bee
rose-cutting bee
bee-eater
poppy bee
bee wolf
bee fly
killer bee
solitary bee
carpenter bee
mason bee
quilting bee
busy bee
raising bee
africanized bee
bee balm
bee martin
drone bee
bee beetle
worker bee
bee flower
bee blocks
cuckoo bee
bee killer
bee hawk
bee larkspur
to have a bee in the bonnet
bee bird
bee glue
wattled bee-eater
bee louse
bee line
dog bee
hive bee
bee moth
bee garden
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
bee
beach
bumble bee: bhumbóg f.
beach
bumble bee: bhumbóg f.
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Bygegyr
Bygegyr = n. a drone bee
Bygegyr = n. a drone bee
Gwenynen
Gwenynen = n. a single bee
Gwenynllestr
Gwenynllestr = n. a bee hive
Bee Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
bee
INTERJ
baa; sound made by a sheep
INTERJ
baa; sound made by a sheep
| Middle-earth v2.2b |
Bees
Honey-making insects.
Buzzing domestic insects kept for their ability to make honey. Particularly famous were those of Beorn, which reached an enormous size.
Honey-making insects.
Buzzing domestic insects kept for their ability to make honey. Particularly famous were those of Beorn, which reached an enormous size.
Bee Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Bee
Bee(s) Greek and Roman writers, having in mind the terminology of the Mysteries, used the term bees (melissai) to denote both priestesses and women disciples. Thus it was used for the priestesses of Delphi and other Mysteries, and by the Neoplatonists for pure and chaste persons. Honey and nectar are symbols of wisdom.
Vergil says that bees have a portion of the divine mind, from which aethereal particles stream, and that divinity permeates the whole earth so that all beings draw from it the streams of life (Georgics 4, 320). The spiritual or monadic consciousness (the nous) manifests itself in innumerable ways, and this same consciousness is in man. A little later Vergil says that bees are born from the carcass of a slain bullock or bull. The bull or cow is a symbol of the moon, and the moon has always stood as a symbol of the psychic intelligence or lower human mind; thus the meaning is that out of his perfectly subordinated ("slain") bull -- the lunar body or psychic nature -- is born the "bee" of the disciple, the will and the urge to enter into the solar life or the spirit. In the Finnish mythology of the Kalevala, a bee is the messenger between this world and higher realms. In Scandinavian mythology bees again play an important part with the world tree (Yggdrasil).
Bee(s) Greek and Roman writers, having in mind the terminology of the Mysteries, used the term bees (melissai) to denote both priestesses and women disciples. Thus it was used for the priestesses of Delphi and other Mysteries, and by the Neoplatonists for pure and chaste persons. Honey and nectar are symbols of wisdom.
Vergil says that bees have a portion of the divine mind, from which aethereal particles stream, and that divinity permeates the whole earth so that all beings draw from it the streams of life (Georgics 4, 320). The spiritual or monadic consciousness (the nous) manifests itself in innumerable ways, and this same consciousness is in man. A little later Vergil says that bees are born from the carcass of a slain bullock or bull. The bull or cow is a symbol of the moon, and the moon has always stood as a symbol of the psychic intelligence or lower human mind; thus the meaning is that out of his perfectly subordinated ("slain") bull -- the lunar body or psychic nature -- is born the "bee" of the disciple, the will and the urge to enter into the solar life or the spirit. In the Finnish mythology of the Kalevala, a bee is the messenger between this world and higher realms. In Scandinavian mythology bees again play an important part with the world tree (Yggdrasil).
| Easton's 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.
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.
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Bee
(deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food (Psalms 81:16) and was often found in the clefts of rocks and in hollow trees. (1 Samuel 14:25,27) English naturalists know little of the species of bees that are found in Palestine, but are inclined tn believe that the honey-bee of Palestine is distinct from the honey-bee (Apis mellifica) of this country. The passage in (Isaiah 7:18) refers "to the custom of the people in the East of calling attention to any one by a significant hiss or rather hist ." We read, (Judges 14:8) that "after a time," probably many days, Samson returned to the carcass of the lion he had slain, and saw bees and honey therein. "If any one here represents to himself a corrupt and putrid carcass, the occurrence ceases to have any true similitude, for it is well known that in these countries, at certain seasons of the year, the heat will in the course of twenty-four hours completely dry up the moisture of dead camels, and that, without their undergoing decomposition their bodies long remain like mummies, unaltered and entirely free from offensive odor."-Edmann .
(deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food (Psalms 81:16) and was often found in the clefts of rocks and in hollow trees. (1 Samuel 14:25,27) English naturalists know little of the species of bees that are found in Palestine, but are inclined tn believe that the honey-bee of Palestine is distinct from the honey-bee (Apis mellifica) of this country. The passage in (Isaiah 7:18) refers "to the custom of the people in the East of calling attention to any one by a significant hiss or rather hist ." We read, (Judges 14:8) that "after a time," probably many days, Samson returned to the carcass of the lion he had slain, and saw bees and honey therein. "If any one here represents to himself a corrupt and putrid carcass, the occurrence ceases to have any true similitude, for it is well known that in these countries, at certain seasons of the year, the heat will in the course of twenty-four hours completely dry up the moisture of dead camels, and that, without their undergoing decomposition their bodies long remain like mummies, unaltered and entirely free from offensive odor."-Edmann .
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Dabareh
the word; the thing; a bee; obedient
the word; the thing; a bee; obedient
Deborah
word; thing; a bee
Bee Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Aircraft Photographic Glossary |
| ETSI and 3GPP |
BEE
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
| Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection |
Bee
Any of several insects of the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera). Bees are winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging insects, including both solitary and social species. They are characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
Any of several insects of the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera). Bees are winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging insects, including both solitary and social species. They are characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
| Phobia |
Apiphobia
Fear of bees
Fear of bees
Melissophobia
Fear of bees
Bee Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
BEE
BEE may refer to:
- Black Economic Empowerment, the policy of post-apartheid affirmative action in South Africa
- Biblical Education by Extension, a Christian program designed to instruct theology in countries with weak theological infrastructure.
- Flybe airline
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Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are slightly fewer than 20,000 known species of bee, in 9 recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains flowering dicotyledons.
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