Definition

• noun: a black and yellow flying insect that can sting and that is often kept in hives for the honey that it produces
• noun: any of numerous hymenopterous insects (superfamily Apoidea) that differ from the related wasps especially in the heavier hairier body and in having sucking as well as chewing mouthparts, that feed on pollen and nectar, and that store both and often also honey
• sometimes used figuratively
• synonyms: honeybee, to have a bee in the bonnet