Bee
[biː] or [bi]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
(noun.) a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions.
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Definition
(-) p. p. of Be; -- used for been.
(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.
(n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
Editor: Maureen
Unserious Contents or Definition
Bees signify pleasant and profitable engagements. For an officer, it brings obedient subjects and healthful environments. To a preacher, many new members and a praying congregation. To business men, increase in trade. To parents, much pleasure from dutiful children. If one stings, loss or injury will bear upon you from a friendly source.
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Examples
- It seems to be a bee that buzzes loudly in Rupert's bonnet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They have bee n recognized as fundamental from antiquity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What shall we say to the instinct which leads the bee to make cells, and which has practically anticipated the discoveries of profound mathematicians? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Her eye caught on a bee entering a deep-belled flower: when that bee flew forth with his spoil she would begin--that should be the sign. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And I may get it as sweet and fresh as the wild honey the bee gathers on the moor. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She too was the awful, arrogant queen of life, as if she were a queen bee on whom all the rest depended. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Glucose syrup, however, has largely superseded all other table syrups, and is extensively used in brewing, for cheap candies, and for bee food. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I have attempted to show how much light the principle of gradation throws on the admirable architectural powers of the hive-bee. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- If she had been born a Queen Bee, and they labouring Bees, they could not have been more satisfied of that. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This, compared with other crop reports, may appear very small, but when considered from the standpoint of the enormous amount of bee labor represented, it is stupendous. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bee, all of whom have grown up with the battery and still devote their energies to its commercial development. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Here's fruit to feed our busy bee, And flowers for her nose. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And may I represent to you that it's injudicious to say the bee? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the farm yard appear the improved carriage and wagon, the well pump, the wind wheel, the fruit drier, the bee hive, and the cotton and cider press. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- One of his clerks noticing his interest asked what he would give for the bees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Flowers had developed concurrently with bees and butterflies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We'll work like bees, and love it too, see if we don't, said Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He had birds' eggs, young birds, and the honey and honeycomb of wild bees. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He makes love to Myrtis, and is discovered by the enraged queen, who orders her bees to drive him forth from the hive. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Attempts to insulate the line wire were limited to coating it with tar or smearing it with wax for the benefit of all the bees in the neighborhood. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Shortly after securing his first swarm of bees he commenced the manufacture of beehives in the same room where he had his jewelry business, using a large windmill for power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And are human labourers to have no holidays, because of the bees? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He replied that he would give a dollar, not expecting that by any means the bees could be brought down. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And am I never to have change of air, because the bees don't? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If she had been born a Queen Bee, and they labouring Bees, they could not have been more satisfied of that. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The walks were, one and all, solitudes; and the birds and the bees were the only witnesses. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In this new move he encountered the opposition of his family and friends, for the general impression was that any man who would spend money or time on bees was either lazy or a fool. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Many bees are parasitic, and regularly lay their eggs in the nests of other kinds of bees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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