bee
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1. any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (noun.animal)
hyponym | : | drone, |
definition | : | stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | apis mellifera, honeybee, |
definition | : | social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | carpenter bee, |
definition | : | large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | bumblebee, humblebee, |
definition | : | robust hairy social bee of temperate regions (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | cuckoo-bumblebee, |
definition | : | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | alkali bee, nomia melanderi, |
definition | : | a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | mason bee, |
definition | : | any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | potter bee, |
definition | : | solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant (noun.animal) |
2. a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions (noun.group)
hyponym | : | quilting bee, |
definition | : | a gathering to make quilts (noun.group) |
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