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# bee

«bee» in Mova's school dictionary: **a flying insect with a hairy body, often yellow and black…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bee, bees)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bee is a flying insect with a hairy body, often yellow and black striped, that collects nectar and pollen from flowers; some bees make honey and wax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#m1)

2) A bee is also a meeting or contest, like a spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, bees are very important pollinators: they carry pollen between flowers so plants make fruit and seeds; honeybees live in hives in colonies with a queen, workers and drones, and make honey from nectar. Many bees, like bumblebees, are gentle. In safety, honeybees and wasps can sting; stay calm and walk away, and tell an adult if stung, especially if you are allergic. In school, a «spelling bee» is a spelling competition. Phrases: «busy as a bee», «make a beeline» (go straight).

### examples

- A bee landed on the flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x1)
- Bees make honey from nectar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x2)
- Stay calm if a bee flies near you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x3)
- The queen bee lays all the eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x4)
- Bumblebees are big and furry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x5)
- She won the school spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x6)
- Without bees, many fruits would not grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x7)
- He made a beeline for the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x8)
- The bees could not be driven away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/#x9)

### note

Countable: a bee, bees. Homophone: «be» (the verb). A honeybee usually dies after stinging; wasps and bumblebees can sting more than once. Myth: all bees make honey — many kinds do not. Bees are insects: six legs, three body parts.

### In the corpora

- [Some lemurs drink nectar and carry pollen on their faces from flower to flower, pollinating plants as bees do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/127-madagascar-real-lemurs/16/)
- [Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/11/)
- [What elephants really fear is the buzzing of angry bees, which can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/4/)
- [More Australians are hurt by horses, cows and bees than by snakes or spiders.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/16/)
- [Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers; nectar is turned into honey and pollen feeds the young bees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.