Bee Definition–noun | 1. | any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc. | | 2. | the common honeybee, Apis mellifera. | | 3. | a community social gathering in order to perform some task, engage in a contest, etc.: a sewing bee;
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a spelling bee; a husking bee. | —Idioms | 4. | have a bee in one's bonnet, | a. | to be obsessed with one idea. | | b. | to have eccentric or fanciful ideas or schemes: Our aunt obviously has a bee in her bonnet, but we're very fond of her. | | | 5. | put the bee on, Informal. to try to obtain money from, as for a loan or donation: My brother just put the bee on me for another $10. | | 6. | the bee's knees, Older Slang. (esp. in the 1920s) a person or thing that is wonderful, great, or marvelous: Her new roadster is simply the bee's knees. | |
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Pollen Definition–noun | 1. | the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses. | –verb (used with object) |
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