bee [countable]
1 a black and yellow flying insect that makes honeyand can sting you :
a swarm of bees
a bee sting
a swarm of beesa bee sting
2
to think something is so important, so necessary etc that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it :
Dad's got a bee in his bonnet about saving electricity.
have a bee in your bonnet (about something)
informalDad's got a bee in his bonnet about saving electricity.
3
an occasion when people, usually women, meet in order to do a particular type of work
sewing/quilting etc bee
American English informal
5
to be very good :
She thought the party was just the bee's knees.
be the bee's knees
spoken old-fashionedShe thought the party was just the bee's knees.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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