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International charity
livelihoods in poor and remote communities; honey bees provide an essential ecosystem service. Bees for Development currently runs projects in Uganda, Zanzibar
Bees_for_Development
Clade of insects
bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – are social insects living in colonies, whereas over 90% of bee species – including mason bees, carpenter bees,
Bee
Egg-laying individual in a bee colony
mother of most, if not all, of the bees in the beehive. Queens are developed from larvae selected by worker bees and specially fed in order to become
Queen_bee
Colonial flying insect
hunter-gatherers. Although honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees, they are the bee clade most familiar to humans
Honey_bee
Species of honey bee
western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera
Western_honey_bee
Origami toy used for children's games
folded from yellow and black paper, as a swarm of bees, and invites participants to fold their own bees as a reminder "to think about chance versus decision
Paper_fortune_teller
Species of honey bee
families of bees, including honey bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, bumblebees, cuckoo bees, and even stingless bees. In the past, there has been discussion
Apis_cerana
Species of insect
towards the bees.[further explanation needed] They mostly reside in tall trees in dense forests, but also build nests on urban buildings. These bees are tropical
Apis_dorsata
2022 video game
Tides is a 2022 point-and-click adventure game developed by Three Bees, the development studio of cartoonist Meredith Gran. The game is set in the year
Perfect_Tides
1912 novel by Waldemar Bonsels
revolve around a little bee named Maya and her friends among bees, other insects and other creatures. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
The_Adventures_of_Maya_the_Bee
Male bee
size of those of worker bees and queens, and a body size greater than that of worker bees, though usually smaller than the queen bee. His abdomen is stouter
Drone_(bee)
Sweet and viscous substance made by bees
made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering
Honey
Genus of insect
250 species; for an overview of the differences between bumblebees and other bees and wasps, see characteristics of common wasps and bees. The genus has
Bumblebee
Life cycle of Apis mellifera
colony or a paper wasp colony, the life of a honey bee colony is perennial. The three types of honey bees in a hive are: queens (egg-producers), workers (non-reproducing
Honey_bee_life_cycle
Species of tree
2023 Reinhard Fichtl. "Christ's Thorn - Ziziphus spina-Christi". Bees for Development. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010. Kadioglu, Onat; Jacob
Ziziphus_spina-christi
2008 American drama film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Secret Life of Bees". "'Dark Knight,' Ellen are People's Choice". Today.com. The Secret Life of Bees at IMDb The Secret Life of Bees at Rotten Tomatoes
The Secret Life of Bees (film)
The_Secret_Life_of_Bees_(film)
Bee tribe, reduced stingers, strong bites
Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species)
Stingless_bee
British beekeeper and philanthropist
her home in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. She is ambassador for the bee-keeping charity Bees for Development, which helps some of the world's poorest communities
Nicola_Reed
Music group (1958–2012)
McLellan, Joseph; Zibart, Eve (16 February 1979). "Billy Joel's Ballad Upsets Bees Gees' Anthem". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2024. Golsen, Tyler
Bee_Gees
Highest level of animal sociality a species can attain
Meliponini (stingless bees), primitively eusocial Bombini (bumble bees), and the mostly solitary or weakly social Euglossini (orchid bees). Eusociality in
Eusociality
Structure housing a honey bee colony
honey bees raise their young and produce honey as part of their seasonal cycle. Although the word beehive is used to describe the nest of any bee colony
Beehive
Aspect of apiculture
worker bees in a honey bee colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, plenty of food, and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees. While
Colony_collapse_disorder
Management of honey bee colonies
of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus Apis are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such
Beekeeping
Alternate reality game
I Love Bees (also known as ilovebees or ILB for short) was an alternate reality game (ARG) that served as both a real-world experience and viral marketing
I_Love_Bees
2007 DreamWorks Animation film
two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks, bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive, and they offer to take Barry with them if he is "bee enough"
Bee_Movie
Town in Monmouthshire, Wales
beekeeping charity organisation Bees for Development designated Monmouth a "Bee Town", the first such in Britain. An annual Bee Festival is held, which takes
Monmouth
American collegiate summer baseball team
the Bees played the 2016 to 2019 seasons as an independent professional baseball team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The Bees have
New_Britain_Bees
Secretion from the glands of nurse bees
honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of larvae and adult queens. It is secreted from the glands in the hypopharynx of nurse bees, and fed
Royal_jelly
environment. The effects of alcohol on bees are sufficiently similar to the effects of alcohol on humans that honey bees have been used as models of human
Bees_and_toxic_chemicals
Chamber of a beehive
beekeeping, bee brood or brood refers to the eggs, larvae and pupae of honeybees. The brood of Western honey bees develops within a bee hive. In man-made
Bee_brood
environment that cause changes in the physiology and behaviour of other bees. Honey bees (Apis mellifera) have one of the most complex pheromonal communication
List_of_honey_bee_pheromones
Species of bee
female progeny are diploid. Female bees are provided more pollen as larvae, which is associated with female bees having a larger stature as compared
Osmia_cornifrons
Inadequate nutrition in honey bees
makes the bee vulnerable to diseases. Recent studies have shown that the lifespan of migratory bees are less than that of stationary bees. While harvesting
Honey_bee_starvation
Species of bee
antagonized. So, bee suits, such as those required with honey bees, are not necessary when dealing with these bees. When these bees do sting, however
Megachile_rotundata
Place containing beehives of honey bees
the bees' path of flight in populous urban areas, beekeepers often construct tall fences which force the bees to fly higher and widen their search for food
Apiary
Management of farm animals
Egypt: Bee-keeping". Reshafim.org.il. 6 June 2003. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017. "Fixed combs". Bees for Development. Archived
Animal_husbandry
Predatory hornet, largest in the world
attempted to introduce western honey bees (Apis mellifera) because of their high productivity. Western honey bees have no innate defense against the hornets
Asian_giant_hornet
Species of fly
attacking bumble bees and paper wasps. The infection of European honey bees in North America by A. borealis is a recent development that was first discovered
Apocephalus_borealis
Species of mite
an internal parasite affecting honey bees. Acarapis woodi mites live and reproduce in the tracheae of the bees. The mites are generally less than 175
Acarapis_woodi
Species of bee
original nesting site, the bees will of course be forced to select a new site. This new site will be selected favoring those bees who have already dispersed
Halictus_ligatus
Minor league baseball team
with the Bees as part of his physical rehabilitation. Trout had previously played for the Bees in 2012. The Bees plan to leave Smith's Ballpark for The Ballpark
Salt_Lake_Bees
Subspecies of honey bee
bees, and has proven adaptable to most climates from subtropical to cool temperate, but it is less successful in humid tropical regions. Italian bees
Italian_bee
Species of bee
consists of ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies. B. terricola belongs to the family Apidae, which encompasses bumble bees, honey bees, stingless bees, and more.
Bombus_terricola
Home of the Salt Lake Bees since 2025
Lake Bees break ground on new stadium and Downtown Daybreak". KSL-TV. Retrieved August 1, 2024. Reichard, Kevin (October 23, 2023). "Salt Lake Bees break
The Ballpark at America First Square
The_Ballpark_at_America_First_Square
Charitable organisation for bee science and beekeeping research
and the magazine Bee World, and maintains the Eva Crane Library and Archive, one of the world’s largest collections of literature on bees and apiculture
International Bee Research Association
International_Bee_Research_Association
2006 film by Doug Atchison
first had the idea of making a film about spelling bees after watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee of 1994 and noticing that most of the contestants
Akeelah_and_the_Bee
Structure in beehives
also small soil and pollen particles that are tracked in by the bees over time. Queen bees are not raised in the hexagonal brood comb but require a special
Brood_comb
Association football club in England
provided the foundation for the Bees' future success, however, the club missed out on promotion to Plymouth Argyle. The Bees romped to the 1932–33 Third
Brentford_F.C.
Species of burrowing bee from Australia
the bees are covered in brown fur, if male, or brown and white fur if female. They are similar in size and coloring to Australian carpenter bees. They
Amegilla_dawsoni
Private art school in Georgia, U.S.
since 2024 The athletic teams of the SCAD Savannah campus are called the Bees. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah_College_of_Art_and_Design
Ice hockey team in Berkshire, England
Queen Bees compete in the WNIHL Elite. The Fire Bees compete in the WNIHL League. The Ice Bees compete in the WNIHL Division U16 South. The Queen Bees club
Bracknell_Queen_Bees
Species of bee
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, eds. Asian Bees and Beekeeping: Progress of Research and Development. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH
Apis_koschevnikovi
Breed of honey bee
Ligurian queens mated with the English black bee (a now extinct phenotype of the A. m. mellifera); by 1919 these bees too had died causing Brother Adam to import
Buckfast_bee
2018 film by Annabel Jankel
Retrieved 8 August 2018. "Tell it to the Bees". Fiona Shaw. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018. "Tell It To The Bees". TIFF. 2018. Retrieved 6 September
Tell_It_to_the_Bees
Subspecies of honey bee
sub-species in Germany. In 1988, the Importation of Bees Order made it illegal to import bees or used bee equipment into the Isle of Man. Originally this
European_dark_bee
Cavity or alcove in a wall for beekeeping
estate Charles Williams. The purpose of a bee skep was to house bees so that wax and honey could be obtained. The bees were often kept in gardens or orchards
Bee_bole
Species of bee
flowering plants. These bees can be seen aggregating together and nests in preexisting hollows, choosing not to excavate their own. These bees are not aggressive;
Osmia_bicornis
Type of animal behavior
hygiene (VSH) is a behavioral trait of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in which bees detect and remove bee pupae that are infested by the parasitic mite
Varroa_sensitive_hygiene
Subspecies of honey bee
honey bee in the Western Cape. A wild Cape honey bee hive in the hollow of a tree A bee swarm of Cape honey bees Domestically kept Cape honey bees on a
Cape_honey_bee
Worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs
worker bee is a worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs, usually in the absence of a queen bee. Only drones develop from the eggs of laying worker bees (with
Laying_worker_bee
Historical fantasy books by Diana Gabaldon
out of a planned ten volumes. The ninth novel in the series, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, was released on November 23, 2021. The Outlander series focuses
Outlander_(book_series)
English football team season
February 2018. "Bees Land Striker". Brentford F.C. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018. "Bees Make Third
2011–12_Brentford_F.C._season
Genus of insects, 'blue-banded bees'
referred to as "digger bees". Several species have blue metallic bands on the abdomen and are referred to as "blue-banded bees". Bands may differ with
Amegilla
2023 Spanish drama film by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
000 Species of Bees at IMDb 20,000 Species of Bees at Berlinale 20,000 Species of Bees at Production Incia Films 20,000 Species of Bees at Rotten Tomatoes
20,000_Species_of_Bees
Species of bee
order Hymenoptera, which is composed of ants, bees, and wasps. The family Apidae specifically consists of bees. It is also part of the subfamily Apinae. There
Bombus_terrestris
Canadian-American actor and comedian
Jones starred in the pilot for the sitcom Love is Relative as the character Nate. He worked with Bee on development of a show for TBS, The Detour. TBS ordered
Jason_Jones_(actor)
1714 book by Bernard Mandeville
Mandeville describes a bee community that thrives until the bees decide to live by honesty and virtue. As they abandon their desire for personal gain, the
The_Fable_of_the_Bees
2026 spelling competition
returning home. The Scripps National Spelling Bee begins with regional and school-level spelling bees for students in grades 8 and under. The national
98th Scripps National Spelling Bee
98th_Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee
Species of bee
one bee to pass at a time. Because they are stingless bees, M. quadrifasciata is often used as pollinators in greenhouses, outperforming honey bees in
Melipona_quadrifasciata
Genus of bees
The cosmopolitan bee genus Ceratina, often referred to as small carpenter bees, is the sole lineage of the tribe Ceratinini, and is not closely related
Ceratina
Subspecies of honey bee native to Africa
Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis). This subspecies has been determined to constitute one part of the ancestry of the Africanized bees (also known
Apis_mellifera_scutellata
Neurotransmitters used by insects
food-producing bees. The foragers produce it from nectar mixed with traces of ethanol, which they feed to the nurse bees. This delays their development until the
Insect_pheromones
Species of bee
Western bumble bee population is rebounding, possibly due to evolutionary development of resistance to Nosema. Like most bumble bees, B. occidentalis
Bombus_occidentalis
Varroa mites are carriers for many viruses that are damaging to bees. For example, bees infected during their development will often have visibly deformed
List of diseases of the honey bee
List_of_diseases_of_the_honey_bee
Resinous mixture produced by honey bees
Propolis or bee glue is a resinous mixture that honey bees produce by mixing saliva and beeswax with exudate gathered from tree buds, sap flows, or other
Propolis
Species of insect
impatiens consists of more than 450 individual bees and most are worker bees. Inside the nest, the worker bees distribute themselves in a non-random fashion
Bombus_impatiens
Species of bee
separated by mud dividers. Unlike carpenter bees, it cannot drill holes in wood. O. lignaria is a common species used for early spring fruit bloom in the United
Osmia_lignaria
Genus of eusocial wasp
upon honey bees is favored by a number of adaptations. Vespa have a larger body size compared to their prey, a heavy exoskeleton to resist bee attacks,
Hornet
Type of socially subordinate ranking
share genes. This is true not only for the popular social insects (ants, termites, some bees and wasps), but also for the naked mole-rat Heterocephalus
Dominance_hierarchy
1983 action video game
Players take on the role of a swarm of bees who must sting five robots to death while avoiding swarms of enemy bees. It was developed by Magnavox and published
Killer_Bees!
Species of insect
primary females are usually the bees that have overwintered twice, while tertiary bees have only overwintered once. Tertiary bees will most likely survive a
Eastern_carpenter_bee
North American bee species
California's Native Bees". Wild Without End. Retrieved 2023-01-03. Weil, Paul; On 06.13.2019. "Fish and Game Commission Adds Four Bumble Bees to Candidate List"
Bombus_crotchii
Psychoactive type of honey containing grayanotoxins
Himalayan giant honey bees (Apis laboriosa). The Gurung people of Nepal have practiced wild honey hunting as a sacred ancient tradition for generations. The
Mad_honey
American singer (born 2005)
In February 2026, Raj starred in rapper Baby Keem's music video for "Birds & the Bees", playing a character in a toxic relationship with Keem. Raj is
Lara_Raj
Subspecies of honey bee
importation of foreign honey bee breeds into Malta, warning that “the Maltese honey bee (A. m. ruttneri) is being polluted by honey bees of foreign breeds being
Maltese_honey_bee
Worldwide hobby beekeeper organization
distribution of bees. In 2013, IHAB introduced their first development of a top bar hive. The product was designed to make it easier and more convenient for an average
I_Have_a_Bee
Genus of mites
phoretic on adult bumble bees or cuckoo bumble bees. Phoretic mites prefer queens to other castes (workers and males), since bumble bee colonies are annual
Parasitellus
Effects of pesticide on bees
Pesticides vary in their effects on bees. Contact pesticides are usually sprayed on plants and can kill bees when they crawl over sprayed surfaces of plants
Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees
Honey bee pheromone
attract drones for mating. A laying queen makes twice that amount. Lack of QMP seems to attract robber bees. A study of foraging worker bees has suggested
Queen_mandibular_pheromone
South-African government policy
black people to achieve sustainable development and prosperity. The Commission also proposed the passage of focused BEE legislation and the adoption of an
Black_Economic_Empowerment
1997 American legal comedy-drama television series
alongside Bill D'Elia. Ally McBeal received critical acclaim in its early seasons, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical
Ally_McBeal
Rational keeping and farming of stingless bees
stingless bees, or meliponines (Meliponini tribe), which is different from apiculture (the breeding of bees of the Apis mellifera species; western honey bee or
Meliponiculture
Species of mite
disperse. Mites will feed on adult bees at this time and can be transmitted from bee to bee during this stage. Nurse bees are preferred hosts in order to
Varroa_destructor
American 1930s monoplane racer
Springfield, Massachusetts at the now-abandoned Springfield Airport. Gee Bee stands for Granville Brothers. The 1932 R-1 and its sister aircraft, the R-2, were
Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster
Granville_Gee_Bee_Model_R_Super_Sportster
Species of bee
class of Insecta. Apidae is the largest family of bees, including several species of bees used by humans for honey consumption. B. polaris is part of the subgenus
Bombus_polaris
American businessman
Bloomington. deBruyn, Jason (April 6, 2011). "Clorox names new CEO for Burt's Bees". Triangle Business Journal. Kell, John (March 16, 2017). "Honest Co
Nick_Vlahos
Order of insects
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described
Hymenoptera
Beekeeping equipment
honeybees. Rival techniques for rearing queen bees generally require grafting the honeybee larvae by hand. As such, the development of this kit by Karl Jenter
Jenter_kit
Historic building in Wales
of international charity Bees for Development. This site began life as Robert le Ffrere's shop around 1240, rented by him for one pound of cumin paid annually
The_Angel_Hotel,_Monmouth
Species of bee
Twenty-one genera of stingless bees (family Apidae) are described worldwide. As the name would suggest, the stings of these bees are vestigial and useless
Tetragonula_carbonaria
BEES FOR-DEVELOPMENT
BEES FOR-DEVELOPMENT
Surname or Lastname
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff)
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff) : perhaps a variant of Biss.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : variant of Beek.English : unexplained.
Male
Dutch
, kingly, powerful; or, horn of the sun.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : nickname from been ‘leg’, probably a nickname for a cripple.Dutch : occupational name for a butcher.Dutch : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with the element Ber(n)- ‘bear’, as for example Bernhard.English : variant spelling of Bean.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : patronymic from a short form of a Germanic personal name beginning with the element berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.Dutch : habitational name from a village in Friesland called Beets.English : outside East Anglia, possibly a respelling of Scottish Beats, a variant of Beat. In East Anglia, however, where the name is concentrated, it is of Dutch origin (see 1, 2), as evidenced by the census of 1881.Probably a respelling of German Beetz.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Apparently a metronymic from the female personal name Bess, pet form of Elizabeth.German : short form of Betz.In some cases it is probably an altered spelling of French Besse.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : reduced form of McBee, a variant of McBeth.English : from Middle English be ‘bee’, Old English bēo, hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Beeman 2.
Girl/Female
Greek American Hebrew English
From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction. Famous bearer: Old...
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Swedish
God is My Oath; Consecrated to God; Form of Elizabeth; God is Perfections
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Deas.Dutch : patronymic from a short form of the personal name Desiderius.German : from a short form of the personal name Matthäs, a variant of Matthäus (see Matthew), or in some instances an Americanized spelling of Diess (see Dies).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beal.Americanized spelling of German Biehl or Bühl (see Buehl).
Surname or Lastname
English or Welsh (Bristol and Gwent)
English or Welsh (Bristol and Gwent) : perhaps a variant of Biss.German : from Middle Low German bēse ‘reed’, ‘bulrush’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who used reeds in his work, for example a brush maker.Americanized spelling of Biese, a North German variant of 2.
Female
Egyptian
, Peace of Bes.
Surname or Lastname
English (West Country)
English (West Country) : habitational name from any of the forty or so places in southwestern England called Beer(e) or Bear(e). Most of these derive their names from the West Saxon dative case, beara, of Old English bearu ‘grove’, ‘wood’ (the standard Old English dative bearwe being preserved in Barrow). Some may be from Old English bÇ£r ‘swine pasture’.North German and Dutch : from Middle Low German bÄre, Middle Dutch bÄ“re ‘bear’, applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear. Alternatively, it could have been a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a bear, or from a Germanic personal name with this as the first element. See also Baer, Bahr.Respelling of Swiss German Bier.
Male
Dutch
, kingly, powerful; or, horn of the sun.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).English : habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.English : variant spelling of Leece 1.Scottish : reduced form of Gillies.Scottish and Irish : reduced and altered form of McLeish.Dutch : variant of Leys.
Female
English
Pet form of English Elizabeth, BESS means "God is my oath."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Bēda, of which the most famous bearer was the Venerable Bede, the 8th century theologian and historian. Use of the personal name, though rare, continued long enough into the medieval period to give rise to the surname.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Welsh Rhys, REES means "ardor, heat of passion."
Female
English
Pet form of English Beatrix, BEE means "voyager (through life)."
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Girl/Female
Tamil
Arvika | à®…à®°à¯à®µà®¿à®•ா
Universal
Biblical
seizure; vision of the Lord
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Bazrugi Wala
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Oriya, Parsi, Telugu
Successful; Fortunate
Boy/Male
Indian
Path of Truth
Boy/Male
Greek
A seer.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Traveler
Boy/Male
English American
Broad clearing in the wood. From a surname and place name based on the Old English words for...
Girl/Female
English
Modernand Laurie referring to the laurel tree or sweet bay tree symbolic of honor and victory.
Biblical
beds; places of rest
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v. i.
To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
n.
The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.
prep.
Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
prep.
Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
prep.
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
conj.
Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
prep.
Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
n.
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
n.
A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.
n.
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
prep.
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
prep.
Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
n.
A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.
n.
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.