BEE

(INSECT) [noun] [C] - a flying insect which has a yellow and black body and four transparent wings. There are various types of bee.As we sat in the garden, we could hear the bees buzzing from one flower to the next collecting nectar.A swarm of bees flew into the garden.My arm swelled up where I was stung by a bee.Worker bees provide food for the queen bee which produces young.See also bumblebee.See picture: Bees and wasps(humorous) To be as busy as a bee/a busy bee is to move quickly about doing many things.To have a bee in your bonnet is to have a continual and fixed interest in something.She never stops talking about dieting - she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it.(UK informal) Someone or something that is the bee's knees is excellent or of extremely high standard.Eleanor thinks Richard is the bee's knees, though I can't imagine why.A bee-keeper is someone who looks after bees for pleasure or as a business, to eat or sell their honey. The activity of looking after bees is called bee-keeping.Bee-keeping isn't as dangerous as it looks, as the bees are quite friendly once they get to know you.See picture: Bees and wasps