■ noun
1》 (also honey~ or hive ~ ) a stinging social insect which collects nectar and pollen from flowers and produces wax and honey. [ Apis mellifera and other species.]
2》 an insect of a large group to which the honey~ belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds. [Superfamily Apoidea.]
3》 a meeting for communal work or amusement: a sewing ~.
Phrases
the ~'s knees informal an outstandingly good person or thing.
have a ~ in one's bonnet informal be preoccupied or obsessed with something.
Origin
OE bēo , of Gmc origin.