Dumbledore vs. Bee — What's the Difference?

A bumblebee.

Bees are insects with wings closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea.

(dialectal) A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle.

Any of numerous winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging hymenopteran insects of the superfamily Apoidea, including both solitary species and social species such as the honeybees, and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.

(dialectal) A dandelion.

A gathering that combines cooperative labor and social interaction or friendly competition

(slang) A blundering person.

A competition in which contestants are eliminated one by one after failing to answer a question or solve a problem

A bee block.

The letter b.

A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.

A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.

Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.

Obsolete spelling of be

(obsolete) be; been

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

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.

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; - called also bee blocks.

Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions