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How to spell bee

hear itbee/bi/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A flying insect that makes honey.

In a sentence: A bee buzzed around the pretty flowers in the garden.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e. Often misspelled as be or bea.

Sounds like, but is not: be. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: bees, beehive, beekeeper, honeybee, bumblebee. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “bee” comes from Old English “bēo,” which is related to similar words in German and Dutch. In many ancient cultures, the bee was a symbol of hard work and community.

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