Definition of bee in English:

bee

noun biːbi

1A stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities.
Four species in the genus Apis, family Apidae, in particular the widespread A. mellifera
Also called honeybee
Example sentencesExamples
- A large, shiny-headed bee hovered over a tangled rose bush and then floated off into the air, the extinguished sound leaving an even deeper silence.
- The foe not being the bee - the honeybee has never let us down.
- Of all the types of bees, honeybees have several advantages as pollinators.
- As with any type of wasp, bee, or yellow jacket, please exercise care to avoid getting stung!
- As this type of bee is very important for flower pollination, I think my botanically-inclined readers will enjoy learning more.
- Even accounting for native bee pollinators, honeybees still do most of the pollinating of fruits and vegetables in your garden.
- They are reactive to honey bees and hence all the foods bees pollinate;
2An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds.
Superfamily Apoidea, order Hymenoptera: several families, often now placed in the single family Apidae
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, ants, termites, many bees, and some wasps are social insects that form organized communities.
- Insects such as bees facilitate pollination as they buzz from plant to plant while feeding on nectar or collecting pollen.
- Mr. John Donoghue, president of the beekeepers association, gave a slide show of trees and flowers that are good for bees and insects.
- Wasps and bees can be classified as solitary or social depending on whether they live alone or in colonies.
- So that touching and feeling is a shared characteristic between honey bees and stingless bees.
- Perhaps it was their ability to be pollinated by bees and other insects, or perhaps the way animals that ate their fruit could disperse seeds in their droppings.
- It's an example of self-organizing cooperative behavior, and it's found among ants, bees, and other social insects.
- Perhaps the reason is that social bees, which are largely opportunistic, dominate pollinator faunas in northern regions.
- Fennel, dandelions, and chicory are three with beautiful flowers that attract bees and beneficial insects.
- A bee flying home typically pauses at the entrance while a guard bee checks her chemical credentials as a nest mate.
- In fact I had noticed a solitary bee dancing in the air at the front of the house on quite a few occasions this season.
- He believed in bees; everything the bee did was perfect, from the way it flew and gathered food, to the way it conducted its social habits.
- The fly actually has a rather complex little ‘brain,’ as do bees, ants, and other higher insects.
- Most Australian bees are solitary, but some live collectively, in hives and produce honey.
- Stinging insects in the U.S. are bees, yellow jackets, hornets, wasps, and fire ants.
- There are over 30,000 species of bees and in most of them the bees live solitary lives.
- These trees provided food to bats, and many herbivorous mammals, insects, butterflies and bees.
- While we waited, the boy who helps there put a box of sugary pastries outside because dozens of gathering bees had filled the shack.
- The best kind of bees is the bumble bee, which are bred for their speed and noise.
- They also kill pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
3with modifier A meeting for communal work or amusement.
a sewing bee
Example sentencesExamples
- Many woman still desire the type of social interaction that quilting bees offered.
- There will be an emergency quilting bee to make them a wedding quilt tomorrow at the Torger's house, but only certain families are being asked to come.
- Many are now familiar with the One Book, One City program, a sort of mass reading bee, designed to promote civic and literary conversation around a single book read in the same week.
- I've been so busy being investigated, preparing for this lynch bee starting tomorrow that I hadn't had an opportunity to…
- The old-time quilting bee is well remembered, although most quilts were actually solo products.
- Classes and crops are serving the same social function that quilting bees once did.

Phrases

the bee's knees

informal An outstandingly good person or thing.
Example sentencesExamples
- I bought a digital camera which is simply the bee's knees.
- It's the bee's knees, the dog's tuxedo, I absolutely love it.
- I hope she'll look back and realise there were 10 other people in that house who all thought she was the bee's knees.
- For fans, though, it's the bee's knees and you wouldn't want to not own it.
- You think you have all the answers, and that you're the bee's knees, but you're not.
- Arts group chairman Allan Buck, said: ‘This festival is going to be the bee's knees.’
- It was pale blue crepe with a cowl neckline and quite fitted with cuffed sleeves and a necklace made of white beads - I thought I was the bee's knees in it.
- By the end of today you will walk into a room thinking you are the bee's knees.
- Natural lighting in all the wards, air-conditioning throughout, it was meant to be the bee's knees.
- Broadband is the bee's knees, according to business bosses in Britain.
Synonyms
best, finest, pride, prize, treasure, glory, wonder, flower, pearl, jewel, the jewel in the crown, masterpiece, chef-d'œuvre, leading light, pick, choice, paragon, prime, cream, the crème de la crème, elite, elect

have a bee in one's bonnet

informal Be preoccupied or obsessed with something.
the country gets a bee in its bonnet about some failing in schools
Example sentencesExamples
- Regular readers will know that ever since I visited Cambodia last year I've had a bee in my bonnet about this one.
- I have a bee in my bonnet that young players don't play enough.
- Whatever it is, Neil has a bee in his bonnet this morning folks.
- ‘I've never had a bee in my bonnet about the way disabled people are portrayed,’ he says.
- Regular readers will know I have a bee in my bonnet about innovative spins on tarte tatin.
- Milbank has a bee in his bonnet over the president's exercise regimen.
- Forsyth, who hails from Glasgow, has a bee in her bonnet about the way the industry is perceived.
- I have a bee in my bonnet about the oil and gas industry.
Synonyms
be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset

Origin

Old English bēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German dialect Beie.

A form of the word bee is found in almost all the languages that are closely related to English, and the familiar insect has inspired numerous familiar phrases. A worker is as busy as a bee, a comparison made from at least the 16th century. People used to describe an obsessive person as having a head full of bees, whereas we now say that you have a bee in your bonnet. Before close studies of insect behaviour, people believed that bees instinctively take a straight line when returning to the hive. This is the origin of beeline (mid 19th century). If you make a beeline for a place, you hurry directly to it. A spelling bee is a spelling contest, and a sewing bee a gathering for people to do their sewing together. This use, to mean ‘a meeting for communal work or amusement’, was suggested by the insect's social nature, and is first recorded in the USA in the 1760s.

Rhymes

absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee

Definition of bee in US English:

bee

nounbibē

1A honeybee.
Example sentencesExamples
- As this type of bee is very important for flower pollination, I think my botanically-inclined readers will enjoy learning more.
- Even accounting for native bee pollinators, honeybees still do most of the pollinating of fruits and vegetables in your garden.
- As with any type of wasp, bee, or yellow jacket, please exercise care to avoid getting stung!
- The foe not being the bee - the honeybee has never let us down.
- They are reactive to honey bees and hence all the foods bees pollinate;
- A large, shiny-headed bee hovered over a tangled rose bush and then floated off into the air, the extinguished sound leaving an even deeper silence.
- Of all the types of bees, honeybees have several advantages as pollinators.
2An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds.
Superfamily Apoidea, order Hymenoptera: several families, often now placed in the single family Apidae
Example sentencesExamples
- Insects such as bees facilitate pollination as they buzz from plant to plant while feeding on nectar or collecting pollen.
- The fly actually has a rather complex little ‘brain,’ as do bees, ants, and other higher insects.
- Stinging insects in the U.S. are bees, yellow jackets, hornets, wasps, and fire ants.
- He believed in bees; everything the bee did was perfect, from the way it flew and gathered food, to the way it conducted its social habits.
- These trees provided food to bats, and many herbivorous mammals, insects, butterflies and bees.
- A bee flying home typically pauses at the entrance while a guard bee checks her chemical credentials as a nest mate.
- Wasps and bees can be classified as solitary or social depending on whether they live alone or in colonies.
- There are over 30,000 species of bees and in most of them the bees live solitary lives.
- So that touching and feeling is a shared characteristic between honey bees and stingless bees.
- They also kill pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
- Mr. John Donoghue, president of the beekeepers association, gave a slide show of trees and flowers that are good for bees and insects.
- The best kind of bees is the bumble bee, which are bred for their speed and noise.
- Most Australian bees are solitary, but some live collectively, in hives and produce honey.
- While we waited, the boy who helps there put a box of sugary pastries outside because dozens of gathering bees had filled the shack.
- Fennel, dandelions, and chicory are three with beautiful flowers that attract bees and beneficial insects.
- It's an example of self-organizing cooperative behavior, and it's found among ants, bees, and other social insects.
- Perhaps it was their ability to be pollinated by bees and other insects, or perhaps the way animals that ate their fruit could disperse seeds in their droppings.
- For example, ants, termites, many bees, and some wasps are social insects that form organized communities.
- In fact I had noticed a solitary bee dancing in the air at the front of the house on quite a few occasions this season.
- Perhaps the reason is that social bees, which are largely opportunistic, dominate pollinator faunas in northern regions.
3with modifier A meeting for communal work or amusement.
a quilting bee
Example sentencesExamples
- Many woman still desire the type of social interaction that quilting bees offered.
- I've been so busy being investigated, preparing for this lynch bee starting tomorrow that I hadn't had an opportunity to…
- Many are now familiar with the One Book, One City program, a sort of mass reading bee, designed to promote civic and literary conversation around a single book read in the same week.
- Classes and crops are serving the same social function that quilting bees once did.
- The old-time quilting bee is well remembered, although most quilts were actually solo products.
- There will be an emergency quilting bee to make them a wedding quilt tomorrow at the Torger's house, but only certain families are being asked to come.

Phrases

the bee's knees

informal An outstandingly good person or thing.
Example sentencesExamples
- You think you have all the answers, and that you're the bee's knees, but you're not.
- Natural lighting in all the wards, air-conditioning throughout, it was meant to be the bee's knees.
- I hope she'll look back and realise there were 10 other people in that house who all thought she was the bee's knees.
- I bought a digital camera which is simply the bee's knees.
- It's the bee's knees, the dog's tuxedo, I absolutely love it.
- For fans, though, it's the bee's knees and you wouldn't want to not own it.
- Arts group chairman Allan Buck, said: ‘This festival is going to be the bee's knees.’
- Broadband is the bee's knees, according to business bosses in Britain.
- It was pale blue crepe with a cowl neckline and quite fitted with cuffed sleeves and a necklace made of white beads - I thought I was the bee's knees in it.
- By the end of today you will walk into a room thinking you are the bee's knees.
Synonyms
best, finest, pride, prize, treasure, glory, wonder, flower, pearl, jewel, the jewel in the crown, masterpiece, chef-d'œuvre, leading light, pick, choice, paragon, prime, cream, the crème de la crème, elite, elect

have a bee in one's bonnet

informal Be preoccupied or obsessed about something, especially a scheme or plan of action.
Example sentencesExamples
- Regular readers will know that ever since I visited Cambodia last year I've had a bee in my bonnet about this one.
- I have a bee in my bonnet that young players don't play enough.
- I have a bee in my bonnet about the oil and gas industry.
- Forsyth, who hails from Glasgow, has a bee in her bonnet about the way the industry is perceived.
- ‘I've never had a bee in my bonnet about the way disabled people are portrayed,’ he says.
- Milbank has a bee in his bonnet over the president's exercise regimen.
- Whatever it is, Neil has a bee in his bonnet this morning folks.
- Regular readers will know I have a bee in my bonnet about innovative spins on tarte tatin.
Synonyms
be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset

Origin

Old English bēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German dialect Beie.

单词	bee
释义	Definition of bee in English: bee noun biːbi 1A stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities. Four species in the genus Apis, family Apidae, in particular the widespread A. mellifera Also called honeybee Example sentencesExamples A large, shiny-headed bee hovered over a tangled rose bush and then floated off into the air, the extinguished sound leaving an even deeper silence. The foe not being the bee - the honeybee has never let us down. Of all the types of bees, honeybees have several advantages as pollinators. As with any type of wasp, bee, or yellow jacket, please exercise care to avoid getting stung! As this type of bee is very important for flower pollination, I think my botanically-inclined readers will enjoy learning more. Even accounting for native bee pollinators, honeybees still do most of the pollinating of fruits and vegetables in your garden. They are reactive to honey bees and hence all the foods bees pollinate; 2An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds. Superfamily Apoidea, order Hymenoptera: several families, often now placed in the single family Apidae Example sentencesExamples For example, ants, termites, many bees, and some wasps are social insects that form organized communities. Insects such as bees facilitate pollination as they buzz from plant to plant while feeding on nectar or collecting pollen. Mr. John Donoghue, president of the beekeepers association, gave a slide show of trees and flowers that are good for bees and insects. Wasps and bees can be classified as solitary or social depending on whether they live alone or in colonies. So that touching and feeling is a shared characteristic between honey bees and stingless bees. Perhaps it was their ability to be pollinated by bees and other insects, or perhaps the way animals that ate their fruit could disperse seeds in their droppings. It's an example of self-organizing cooperative behavior, and it's found among ants, bees, and other social insects. Perhaps the reason is that social bees, which are largely opportunistic, dominate pollinator faunas in northern regions. Fennel, dandelions, and chicory are three with beautiful flowers that attract bees and beneficial insects. A bee flying home typically pauses at the entrance while a guard bee checks her chemical credentials as a nest mate. In fact I had noticed a solitary bee dancing in the air at the front of the house on quite a few occasions this season. He believed in bees; everything the bee did was perfect, from the way it flew and gathered food, to the way it conducted its social habits. The fly actually has a rather complex little ‘brain,’ as do bees, ants, and other higher insects. Most Australian bees are solitary, but some live collectively, in hives and produce honey. Stinging insects in the U.S. are bees, yellow jackets, hornets, wasps, and fire ants. There are over 30,000 species of bees and in most of them the bees live solitary lives. These trees provided food to bats, and many herbivorous mammals, insects, butterflies and bees. While we waited, the boy who helps there put a box of sugary pastries outside because dozens of gathering bees had filled the shack. The best kind of bees is the bumble bee, which are bred for their speed and noise. They also kill pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies. 3with modifier A meeting for communal work or amusement. a sewing bee Example sentencesExamples Many woman still desire the type of social interaction that quilting bees offered. There will be an emergency quilting bee to make them a wedding quilt tomorrow at the Torger's house, but only certain families are being asked to come. Many are now familiar with the One Book, One City program, a sort of mass reading bee, designed to promote civic and literary conversation around a single book read in the same week. I've been so busy being investigated, preparing for this lynch bee starting tomorrow that I hadn't had an opportunity to… The old-time quilting bee is well remembered, although most quilts were actually solo products. Classes and crops are serving the same social function that quilting bees once did. Phrases the bee's knees informal An outstandingly good person or thing. Example sentencesExamples I bought a digital camera which is simply the bee's knees. It's the bee's knees, the dog's tuxedo, I absolutely love it. I hope she'll look back and realise there were 10 other people in that house who all thought she was the bee's knees. For fans, though, it's the bee's knees and you wouldn't want to not own it. You think you have all the answers, and that you're the bee's knees, but you're not. Arts group chairman Allan Buck, said: ‘This festival is going to be the bee's knees.’ It was pale blue crepe with a cowl neckline and quite fitted with cuffed sleeves and a necklace made of white beads - I thought I was the bee's knees in it. By the end of today you will walk into a room thinking you are the bee's knees. Natural lighting in all the wards, air-conditioning throughout, it was meant to be the bee's knees. Broadband is the bee's knees, according to business bosses in Britain. Synonyms best, finest, pride, prize, treasure, glory, wonder, flower, pearl, jewel, the jewel in the crown, masterpiece, chef-d'œuvre, leading light, pick, choice, paragon, prime, cream, the crème de la crème, elite, elect have a bee in one's bonnet informal Be preoccupied or obsessed with something. the country gets a bee in its bonnet about some failing in schools Example sentencesExamples Regular readers will know that ever since I visited Cambodia last year I've had a bee in my bonnet about this one. I have a bee in my bonnet that young players don't play enough. Whatever it is, Neil has a bee in his bonnet this morning folks. ‘I've never had a bee in my bonnet about the way disabled people are portrayed,’ he says. Regular readers will know I have a bee in my bonnet about innovative spins on tarte tatin. Milbank has a bee in his bonnet over the president's exercise regimen. Forsyth, who hails from Glasgow, has a bee in her bonnet about the way the industry is perceived. I have a bee in my bonnet about the oil and gas industry. Synonyms be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset Origin Old English bēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German dialect Beie. A form of the word bee is found in almost all the languages that are closely related to English, and the familiar insect has inspired numerous familiar phrases. A worker is as busy as a bee, a comparison made from at least the 16th century. People used to describe an obsessive person as having a head full of bees, whereas we now say that you have a bee in your bonnet. Before close studies of insect behaviour, people believed that bees instinctively take a straight line when returning to the hive. This is the origin of beeline (mid 19th century). If you make a beeline for a place, you hurry directly to it. A spelling bee is a spelling contest, and a sewing bee a gathering for people to do their sewing together. This use, to mean ‘a meeting for communal work or amusement’, was suggested by the insect's social nature, and is first recorded in the USA in the 1760s. Rhymes absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee noun.1 phr. Definition of bee in US English: bee nounbibē 1A honeybee. Example sentencesExamples As this type of bee is very important for flower pollination, I think my botanically-inclined readers will enjoy learning more. Even accounting for native bee pollinators, honeybees still do most of the pollinating of fruits and vegetables in your garden. As with any type of wasp, bee, or yellow jacket, please exercise care to avoid getting stung! The foe not being the bee - the honeybee has never let us down. They are reactive to honey bees and hence all the foods bees pollinate; A large, shiny-headed bee hovered over a tangled rose bush and then floated off into the air, the extinguished sound leaving an even deeper silence. Of all the types of bees, honeybees have several advantages as pollinators. 2An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds. Superfamily Apoidea, order Hymenoptera: several families, often now placed in the single family Apidae Example sentencesExamples Insects such as bees facilitate pollination as they buzz from plant to plant while feeding on nectar or collecting pollen. The fly actually has a rather complex little ‘brain,’ as do bees, ants, and other higher insects. Stinging insects in the U.S. are bees, yellow jackets, hornets, wasps, and fire ants. He believed in bees; everything the bee did was perfect, from the way it flew and gathered food, to the way it conducted its social habits. These trees provided food to bats, and many herbivorous mammals, insects, butterflies and bees. A bee flying home typically pauses at the entrance while a guard bee checks her chemical credentials as a nest mate. Wasps and bees can be classified as solitary or social depending on whether they live alone or in colonies. There are over 30,000 species of bees and in most of them the bees live solitary lives. So that touching and feeling is a shared characteristic between honey bees and stingless bees. They also kill pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies. Mr. John Donoghue, president of the beekeepers association, gave a slide show of trees and flowers that are good for bees and insects. The best kind of bees is the bumble bee, which are bred for their speed and noise. Most Australian bees are solitary, but some live collectively, in hives and produce honey. While we waited, the boy who helps there put a box of sugary pastries outside because dozens of gathering bees had filled the shack. Fennel, dandelions, and chicory are three with beautiful flowers that attract bees and beneficial insects. It's an example of self-organizing cooperative behavior, and it's found among ants, bees, and other social insects. Perhaps it was their ability to be pollinated by bees and other insects, or perhaps the way animals that ate their fruit could disperse seeds in their droppings. For example, ants, termites, many bees, and some wasps are social insects that form organized communities. In fact I had noticed a solitary bee dancing in the air at the front of the house on quite a few occasions this season. Perhaps the reason is that social bees, which are largely opportunistic, dominate pollinator faunas in northern regions. 3with modifier A meeting for communal work or amusement. a quilting bee Example sentencesExamples Many woman still desire the type of social interaction that quilting bees offered. I've been so busy being investigated, preparing for this lynch bee starting tomorrow that I hadn't had an opportunity to… Many are now familiar with the One Book, One City program, a sort of mass reading bee, designed to promote civic and literary conversation around a single book read in the same week. Classes and crops are serving the same social function that quilting bees once did. The old-time quilting bee is well remembered, although most quilts were actually solo products. There will be an emergency quilting bee to make them a wedding quilt tomorrow at the Torger's house, but only certain families are being asked to come. Phrases the bee's knees informal An outstandingly good person or thing. Example sentencesExamples You think you have all the answers, and that you're the bee's knees, but you're not. Natural lighting in all the wards, air-conditioning throughout, it was meant to be the bee's knees. I hope she'll look back and realise there were 10 other people in that house who all thought she was the bee's knees. I bought a digital camera which is simply the bee's knees. It's the bee's knees, the dog's tuxedo, I absolutely love it. For fans, though, it's the bee's knees and you wouldn't want to not own it. Arts group chairman Allan Buck, said: ‘This festival is going to be the bee's knees.’ Broadband is the bee's knees, according to business bosses in Britain. It was pale blue crepe with a cowl neckline and quite fitted with cuffed sleeves and a necklace made of white beads - I thought I was the bee's knees in it. By the end of today you will walk into a room thinking you are the bee's knees. Synonyms best, finest, pride, prize, treasure, glory, wonder, flower, pearl, jewel, the jewel in the crown, masterpiece, chef-d'œuvre, leading light, pick, choice, paragon, prime, cream, the crème de la crème, elite, elect have a bee in one's bonnet informal Be preoccupied or obsessed about something, especially a scheme or plan of action. Example sentencesExamples Regular readers will know that ever since I visited Cambodia last year I've had a bee in my bonnet about this one. I have a bee in my bonnet that young players don't play enough. I have a bee in my bonnet about the oil and gas industry. Forsyth, who hails from Glasgow, has a bee in her bonnet about the way the industry is perceived. ‘I've never had a bee in my bonnet about the way disabled people are portrayed,’ he says. Milbank has a bee in his bonnet over the president's exercise regimen. Whatever it is, Neil has a bee in his bonnet this morning folks. Regular readers will know I have a bee in my bonnet about innovative spins on tarte tatin. Synonyms be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset Origin Old English bēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German dialect Beie. noun.1 phr.
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