1 a black and yellow flying insect that can sting. Bees live in large groups and make HONEY (= a sweet sticky substance that is good to eat):
a swarm of bees * a bee sting * Bees were buzzing in the clover.
seealsoBEEHIVE, BEESWAX, BUMBLEBEE, QUEENBEE
2 (AmE) a meeting in a group where people combine work, competition and pleasure:
a sewing / spelling bee
IDIOMS
the bee's knees (informal) an excellent person or thing:
She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself).
have a bee in your bonnet (about sth) (informal) to think or talk about sth all the time and to think that it is very important:
Our teacher has a bee in his bonnet about punctuation.
moreatBIRD, BUSYadj.
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