1. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
   "The bees busily collected pollen from the flowering plants"
    
2. A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
   "The community organized a quilting bee to create blankets for the local shelter"

Sounds like: be, B

Derived forms: bees

Type of: hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect

Part of: Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea

Encyclopedia: Bee, Piedmont