ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEE
Old English bīo; related to Old Norse bӯ, Old High German bīa, Dutch bij, Swedish bi.
10 QUOTES WITH «BEE»
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bee.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.'
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide.
In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic.
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
My whole life has always been about looking for that person that money can't buy in that they've got a bee in their bonnet.
I made it to Oxford, but it is not that I am particularly clever, much more that I am a worker bee.
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEE»
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bee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American
Bee: The National Spelling
Bee and the Culture of ...
A narrative portrait of the America's national spelling bee competition offers insight into its subculture of young wordsmiths, competitive parents, and spectator tension, sharing the stories of five top contestants to offer insight into ...
2
The Biology of the Honey
Bee
Thorough, well-illustrated, and lucidly written, this book will for many years be a valuable resource for scholars, students, and beekeepers alike. Mark L. Winston probes the dynamics of the honey bee's social organization.
BEE features a foreword by nature writer and New York Times editorial board member Verlyn Klinkenborg.
Rose-Lynn Fisher, Verlyn Klinkenborg, 2010
The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented new writer. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller and book club favorite from Chris Cleave. We don’t want to tell you too much about this book.
The book includes Linda Sue’s own bee-bim bop recipe!
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Spelling
Bee Brainiac: 600 Incredible Spelling Challenges ...
Includes: 600 cards, each with a spelling word, part of speech, pronunciation, definition, sample sentence, and a fun clue to help you remember how to spell the word Three difficulty levels and a fun point-scoring challenge so all ages can ...
This heartwarming, humorous and vibrant story from award winning author Catherine Bateson reminds us that love comes in many shapes and sizes . . . . . . even in the form of guinea pigs.
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Langstroth's Hive and the Honey-
Bee: The Classic Beekeeper's ...
This influential guide by "the father of modern beekeeping," originally published in 1853, constitutes the first descriptive treatise of modern bee management.
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Plan
Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the ...
Beekeeper Susan Brackney explains: • Why honeybees are disappearing-and what we can do about it • Who's who in the hive-the queen bee, the workers, and the drones • Bees by the numbers-the number of bees per hive, the number of wing ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEE»
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bee is used in the context of the following news items.
Swarm Welcome: Giant Bee Hive Found in Oklahoma Home
An Oklahoma woman's home is creating quite the buzz after her son and his beekeeper friend found a massive industrial size honey maker ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
Dog Dies, Man Hospitalized After Bee Attack in Loma Linda
The dog, Daisy, received more than 100 bee stings, and her owner and firefighters who responded to the attack were also stung multiple times. «NBC Southern California, Jul 15»
Burt's Bee's co-founder dies at 80
The reclusive co-founder of Burt's Bees whose face adorns every tube of balm and salve sold by the natural cosmetics company, died Sunday ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
Bee population in decline; entomologists hope to change trajectory
—The summer season can by synonymous with bugs, but entomologists said to not swat bees, because the bee population is declining, which ... «KETV Omaha, Jul 15»
'Bee soup' could help understand declines and test remedies
This would allow conservationists to detect where and when bee species are being lost, and importantly, whether conservation interventions ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
Head brewer in honey bee conservation visit
Through research the group is hoping to learn more about why their bee colonies are not adversely affected by a bee mite called Varroa, which ... «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
In this summer program, everyone gets a 'bee'
Lauren Corder helps her daughter Dominique, 11, put on a veil before going in to a bee hive as her other daughter Jenna, 8, waits during a ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
Beekeepers battle challenges that threaten U.S. bee colonies
From April 2014 to April 2015, an estimated 40 percent of the U.S. bee population died off with still no concrete evidence as to the cause of the ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
Jollibee: 'Jay Bee' fooled our delivery guy
The customer that went by the name "Jay Bee" on Facebook drew ire online over the weekend. He supposedly dismissed the public backlash ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
REFILE-MOVES- AMG hires Robert Bee to lead UK distribution team
Bee will be based in London and lead the UK distribution team on behalf of AMG's affiliates. He joins AMG, which manages about $638 billion ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
