bee
/biː/noun
उच्चारण बी
मधुमक्खी
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a black and yellow flying insect that can sting and lives in large groups; bees make honey and wax
मधुमक्खी
- Bees collect nectar from flowers.
- A single bee buzzed around the jasmine plant in our garden.
- A bee flew into the room through the open window.
+ 2 more examples
- Bees live in a hive and work together.
- The farmer kept bees in boxes near his mustard fields.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bee (countable; plural bees)
A bee is a countable insect: a bee, a swarm of bees. Say a bee stung me.
'Bee' countable कीट है: a bee, a swarm of bees। कहें: a bee stung me।
- A bee stung her on the finger.
- A swarm of bees settled on the old banyan tree.
bee + noun: beehive, beekeeper, beeswax
Compound words are written as one word: beehive, beekeeper, beeline, beeswax.
Compound words एक ही शब्द के रूप में लिखे जाते हैं: beehive, beekeeper, beeline, beeswax।
- He keeps a beehive in his garden.
- The beekeeper collected honey in summer.
spelling bee / quilting bee
A bee is also a gathering of people for a shared task or contest: a spelling bee is a spelling contest.
'Bee' लोगों का एक साझा काम या प्रतियोगिता के लिए जमावड़ा भी है: spelling bee वर्तनी की प्रतियोगिता है।
- Radhika won the school spelling bee.
- The neighbours held a quilting bee.
make a beeline for sth
To make a beeline for something means to go straight towards it very fast.
'Make a beeline for sth' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ की ओर सीधे और बहुत तेज़ी से जाना है।
- The children made a beeline for the chaat stall.
- He made a beeline for the exit.
+Collocations 4
adjective + bee
busywildhoneyworkerqueen
- The queen bee lays all the eggs.
verb + bee
be stung bykeepswatchasewatch
- Never swat a bee near the hive.
bee + noun
hivestingswarmcolonykeeper
- A bee sting can be painful.
group + bees
a swarm ofa colony ofa hive ofa cloud ofa buzz of
- A swarm of bees flew over the field.
“More examples 5
- Bees collect nectar from flowers and make honey.
मधुमक्खियाँ फूलों से रस इकट्ठा करती हैं और शहद बनाती हैं।
- Radhika was nervous at the spelling bee but won the first prize.
राधिका spelling bee में घबराई हुई थी, पर उसने प्रथम पुरस्कार जीता।
- The villagers smoked out the bees to collect the honey.
गाँव वालों ने शहद निकालने के लिए धुआँ करके मधुमक्खियों को भगाया।
- He ran into the house to escape the angry bees.
वह गुस्साई मधुमक्खियों से बचने के लिए घर में भाग गया।
- The queen bee is the only bee that lays eggs in a hive.
रानी मधुमक्खी ही छत्ते में अंडे देने वाली एकमात्र मधुमक्खी है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ A bee have stung me on the hand.
✓ A bee has stung me on the hand.
A singular subject needs has.
Singular कर्ता के साथ 'has' आता है।
✗ Honey is made by a bees.
✓ Honey is made by bees.
Do not use a with a plural noun.
Plural noun के साथ 'a' नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Bee, wasp and hornet are stinging insects, but differ in look and behaviour.
Bee, wasp और hornet डंक वाले कीट हैं, पर रूप और व्यवहार में अलग हैं।
A furry, round insect that makes honey and usually stings once.
रोएँदार, गोल कीट जो शहद बनाता है और प्रायः एक बार डंक मारता है।
- A bee visited each flower.
A thin, smooth, yellow and black insect that does not make honey and can sting repeatedly.
पतला, चिकना, पीला-काला कीट जो शहद नहीं बनाता और बार-बार डंक मार सकता है।
- A wasp built a nest under the roof.
A large, aggressive kind of wasp.
बड़े और आक्रामक ततैये की एक किस्म।
- The hornet's sting is very painful.
¶Idioms 3
have a bee in your bonnet (about sth)
to think or talk about sth all the time and to think that it is very important
किसी बात की धुन सवार होना
- She has a bee in her bonnet about healthy eating.
- He's got a bee in his bonnet about punctuality.
the bee's knees
(informal) an excellent person or thing
सबसे बढ़िया व्यक्ति या चीज़
- He thinks he's the bee's knees.
- This new phone is the bee's knees.
(as) busy as a bee
very busy
बहुत व्यस्त
- Before the wedding, Mum was as busy as a bee.
- Radhika has been busy as a bee preparing for the exam.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Busy as a bee (very busy), have a bee in your bonnet (keep thinking about something and think it is very important), the bee's knees (informal, an excellent person or thing), make a beeline for (go straight towards).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: busy as a bee (बहुत व्यस्त), have a bee in your bonnet (किसी बात को लगातार सोचना और बहुत महत्वपूर्ण मानना, सनक सवार होना), the bee's knees (अनौपचारिक, उत्कृष्ट व्यक्ति या चीज़), make a beeline for (सीधे की ओर जाना)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The keeping of bees is apiculture; a place where bees are kept an apiary; a bee's home a hive; a male bee a drone; the female leader a queen bee.
मधुमक्खी पालन apiculture; मधुमक्खियाँ रखने की जगह apiary; मधुमक्खी का घर hive (छत्ता); नर मधुमक्खी drone; मादा नेता queen bee।
General knowledge
20 May is World Bee Day; the Sweet Revolution promotes honey production in India.
20 मई विश्व मधुमक्खी दिवस है; मीठी क्रांति (Sweet Revolution) भारत में शहद उत्पादन को बढ़ावा देती है।