OXFORD Collocations | dictionary for students of English

bee noun

ADJ. bumble (also bumblebee), honey, killer | queen, worker | angry He was stung by thousands of angry bees.

QUANT. swarm

BEE + VERB buzz, hum A bee buzzed in my ear. | sting (sb) | fly, swarm The bees swarmed round the hive.

BEE + NOUN hive (also beehive) | sting | keeper (also bee-keeper)