BEE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
Categories: Hymenopterous insect, Hymenopteran, Hymenopteron, Hymenopter
📖 Fun Facts About Bee
- • Bees are the only insect that humans are capable of both understanding, and communicating with. We have learned the details of precisely what their "waggle dance" means, being able to tell by simply watching them precisely where they're telling other bees to find resources. We have built a tiny bee robot that is able to emulate this "waggle dance" and tell the bees precisely where to go as a result.
- • There is an extinct species of bee that we only know exists because there is an orchid whose naughty parts mimic the bee in order to trick them into pollinating it!
- • There aren't a lot of bees in Australia, so for pollenation plants relied on birds. Birds see the colour red better, which in turn increased the flora reproduction rate - this is why a lot of plants are red in Australia.
- • Rock paintings of bees date back 15,000 years
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
Categories: Social gathering, Social affair
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "bee" comes from Old English bēah. It started in Latin be. Then it appeared in Old English be. Later, people used it in Proto-Germanic *baugaz. After that, it was Old English bēah. Over time, it became Middle English beeȝ. Finally, it reached Proto-Germanic *bōniz. It started in Old English bēn. Then it appeared in Middle English been. Later, people used it in Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-. After that, it was Proto-Germanic *bijō. Over time, it became Old English bēo. Finally, it reached Middle English bee. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Danish: bøn
- Dutch: ban
- German: Bann
🔗 Related Words
bene – A related word in the same word family.
been – A related word in the same word family.
bean – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.