The word bee is a noun.
1) a honeybee.
2) an insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds.
3) [with modifier] a meeting for communal work or amusement: a quilting bee.
(from New Oxford American Dictionary online)
Fun things to do
Play the matching game with these six words that start with bee.
bee sting ___________ a) honey or pollen used as food by bees
bee line ____________ b) person who owns bees for their honey
bee dance _________ c) a wound from the sting of a bee
bee bread __________ d) dome-shaped or boxlike home for bees
bee-hive ___________ e) a straight line between two places
bee keeper _________ f) worker bee movements in the hive to tell other bees the direction and distance of food