Bee n.
 1. Zool. An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
 Note: ☞ There are many genera and species. The common honeybee (Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females.  Besides the Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and Trigona.
 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
    The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.   --S. G. Goodrich.
 3. pl.  Naut. Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
 Bee beetle Zool., a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives.
 Bee bird Zool., a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
 Bee flower Bot., an orchidaceous plant of the genus Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
 Bee fly Zool., a two winged fly of the family Bombyliidæ. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees.
 Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary. --Mortimer.
 Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also propolis.
 Bee hawk Zool., the honey buzzard.
 Bee killer Zool., a large two-winged fly of the family Asilidæ (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. See Robber fly.
 Bee louse Zool., a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula cæca) parasitic on hive bees.
 Bee martin Zool., the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees.
 Bee moth Zool., a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives.
 Bee wolf Zool., the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of Bee beetle.
 To have a bee in the head or  To have a bee in the bonnet. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. “She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.” --Sir W. Scott.

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 Hawk n.  Zool. One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae.  They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings.  Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons.  In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
 Note: ☞ Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (Buteo lineatus); the broad-winged (Buteo Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk, Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night.
 Bee hawk Zool., the honey buzzard.
 Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.
 Hawk eagle Zool., an Asiatic bird of the genus Spizaetus, or Limnaetus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species.
 Hawk fly Zool., a voracious fly of the family Asilidae. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.
 Hawk moth. Zool. See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.
 Hawk owl. Zool. (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus).
 Hawk's bill Horology, the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.


 Hon·ey n.
 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
    The honey of his language.   --Shak.
 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.
    Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus.   --Shak.
 Note: ☞ Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
 Honey ant Zool., a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest.
 Honey badger Zool., the ratel.
 Honey bear. Zool. See Kinkajou.
 Honey buzzard Zool., a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis.  The European species is Pernis apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is Pernis ptilorhyncha.  They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees.  Called also bee hawk, bee kite.
 Honey guide Zool., one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator.
 Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
 Honey kite. Zool. See Honey buzzard (above).
 Honey locust Bot., a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
 Honey month. Same as Honeymoon.
 Honey weasel Zool., the ratel.