Swarm+of+bees

  • 91bee — [bi:] n [: Old English; Origin: beo] 1.) a black and yellow flying insect that makes ↑honey and can sting you ▪ a swarm of bees ▪ a bee sting 2.) have a bee in your bonnet (about sth) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 92bee — noun (C) 1 a black and yellow flying insect with a round body that makes honey (1) and can sting you: a swarm of bees see also: bumblebee 2 a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active 3 have a bee in your bonnet informal to think… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 93sex —    Information and misinformation on sex, and jokes about it, must always have circulated informally, yet, paradoxically, it is literary scholars who give most insight into this semi secret oral tradition. Elizabethan sexual slang and jokes are… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 94sp(h)ē(i)-3, spī- and sphē- : sphǝ- —     sp(h)ē(i) 3, spī and sphē : sphǝ     English meaning: to succeed, prosper; to fatten, etc..     Deutsche Übersetzung: “gedeihen, sich ausdehnen = dick werden, vorwärtskommen, Erfolg haben, gelingen”     Material: O.Ind. sphü yatē “wird fat,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 95Apis fasciata — Honeybee Hon ey*bee , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis mellifica}), the Italian bee ({Apis ligustica}), and the Arabiab bee ({Apis fasciata}).… …

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  • 96Apis ligustica — Honeybee Hon ey*bee , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis mellifica}), the Italian bee ({Apis ligustica}), and the Arabiab bee ({Apis fasciata}).… …

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  • 97Apis mellifica — Honeybee Hon ey*bee , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis mellifica}), the Italian bee ({Apis ligustica}), and the Arabiab bee ({Apis fasciata}).… …

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  • 98Beehive — Bee hive , n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster] Note: A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses …

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  • 99Hive — Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiving}.] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees. [1913 Webster] 2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for… …

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  • 100Hived — Hive Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiving}.] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees. [1913 Webster] 2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate… …

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