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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bee \Bee\,
     p. p. of {Be}; -- used for been. [Obs.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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) [gazetteer]:

  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 Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

















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