Pronunciation AHD: bē IPA: /biː/ SAMPA: /bi:/ Noun bee (Plural: bees) a flying insect that can produce honey Scientific name order Hymenoptera, superfamily Apoidea Related terms beekeeper beehive beeswax bumblebee honeybee carpenter bee queen bee stingless bee worker bee Translations Arabic: نّحلة Breton: gwenan collective noun, gwenanenn singular f Bulgarian: пчела f Catalan: abella f Chinese: 蜜蜂 Dutch: bij f, honingbij f Esperanto: abelo Finnish: mehiläinen French: abeille f German: Biene f Greek: mélissa (anc./mod), mélitta (Attic Greek) Guaraní: eiru, eira rúa Indonesian: lebah / tawon Interlingua: ape, apicula Italian: ape f Japanese: 蜂 (はち, hachi) Korean: 벌 (beol) Latin: apis f Mongolian: зөгий (zögii) Norwegian: bie Polish: pszczoła f Portuguese: abelha f Romanian: albina f Russian: пчела f Spanish: abeja f Swedish: bi Tupinambá: eíra Vietnamese: ong (IPA: /auŋ/) See also drone honey pollinator
Related terms beekeeper beehive beeswax bumblebee honeybee carpenter bee queen bee stingless bee worker bee Translations Arabic: نّحلة Breton: gwenan collective noun, gwenanenn singular f Bulgarian: пчела f Catalan: abella f Chinese: 蜜蜂 Dutch: bij f, honingbij f Esperanto: abelo Finnish: mehiläinen French: abeille f German: Biene f Greek: mélissa (anc./mod), mélitta (Attic Greek) Guaraní: eiru, eira rúa Indonesian: lebah / tawon Interlingua: ape, apicula Italian: ape f Japanese: 蜂 (はち, hachi) Korean: 벌 (beol) Latin: apis f Mongolian: зөгий (zögii) Norwegian: bie Polish: pszczoła f Portuguese: abelha f Romanian: albina f Russian: пчела f Spanish: abeja f Swedish: bi Tupinambá: eíra Vietnamese: ong (IPA: /auŋ/) See also drone honey pollinator
