Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.

A reproductive female (especially the only one) in a colony of bees. / (idiomatic, colloquial, derogatory) The most important or dominant woman in an organisation or situation. / (metaphoric) Stem cell

(slang, transitive, chiefly US) To finish off; to beat. / (slang, transitive, chiefly US) To beg from; to borrow money from.

Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.

Alternative form of bumblebee

A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.

Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter bee

A sterile bee whose speciality is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen.

Alternative spelling of beeline

plural of bee-line