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Synonyms
bee1 (bē)

[Middle English, from Old English bēo, Sense 2, perhaps alteration of dialectal bean, voluntary help given to a farmer by his neighbors, from Middle English bene, extra service by a tenant to his lord, from Old English bēn, prayer.]

noun 

    1. Any of several winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging insects of the superfamily Apoidea in the order Hymenoptera, including both solitary and social species and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
    2. A bumblebee.
    3. A honeybee.
  2. A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement: a quilting bee.

idioms

a bee in (one's) bonnet
An impulsive, often eccentric turn of mind; a notion. An obsession.
bee2 (bē)

[Middle English be, a ring, from Old English bēag.]

noun 

Nautical
A bee block.
bee3 (bē)

noun 

The letter b.