- bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
 --1 is a kind of hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
 --1 is a member of Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea
 --1 has particulars:
- bee - a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
 --2 is a kind of social gathering, social affair
 --2 has particulars: quilting bee; husking bee, cornhusking
- bee - a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions