Bee

Noun

 * 1) A flying insect, of the order Hymenoptera, superfamily Apoidea.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 A contest, especially for spelling, see spelling bee.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
 * 4)  A ring or torque; a bracelet.

Verb

 * 1) Archaic spelling of the verb be.

Adjectives for Bee
swarming (plural); laden; anxious; straggling; sucking; noontide; murmuring; stingless; maudlin; industrious; voluptuous; blunt-faced; sexless; restless; marauding; buzzing; bustling; busy.

Verbs for Bee
handle—; keep —s; —alights on; —breeds; —bristles; —chases; —collects; —colonizes; —darts; —deposits; —dozes; —flits; —for¬ages; —gathers; —gorges; —hibernates: —hums; —impregnates; — issue; —labors; —mumbles; —murmurs; —nests; —oviposits; —perforates; —plies; —pollinates; —regurgitates; —secretes; —sips; —stings; —stores; — swarm; —swoops down ; — throng; —tunnels; —wings its way.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
beo:, from (compare Dutch bij:, Upper German Beie:, Swedish bi:), from  (compare  bech:,  bydaf:,  fucus:,  bite:,  пчела:).

Etymology 2
From bean:, from  been:, bene:, from  ben:, from, from. Cognate with bøn:,  ban:,  Bann:. More at.

Etymology 3
(Northern development of) beah:.

Etymology 4
Variant spellings.

Derived terms

 * bee-eater
 * beekeeper
 * beehive
 * beehouse
 * beeline
 * beeswax


 * bee's knees
 * bumblebee
 * honeybee
 * carpenter bee
 * have a bee in your bonnet


 * put the bee on
 * queen bee
 * stingless bee
 * sting like a bee
 * worker bee