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| bumble2 |
to make a humming sound like that of a bee; buzz. |
| bumblebee |
a large, furry bee, often with black and yellow stripes. Bumblebees make a loud humming or buzzing noise when they fly. |
| carpenter bee |
any of various types of bee that bore tunnels in wood and lay their eggs there. |
| drone1 |
a male honeybee or other male bee whose only known function is to mate with the queen bee. [1/2 definitions] |
| drone2 |
a low, steady hum, as of a bee or a musical instrument such as a bagpipe. [1/3 definitions] |
| honeybee |
a bee that makes honey from the nectar of flowers. Honeybees are often kept in beehives. |
| spelldown |
see "spelling bee." |
| worker |
a type of female ant, bee, or termite that cannot lay eggs and does most of the work for the insect colony it lives in. [1/2 definitions] |
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