Bee (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
People
- Bee (surname)Bee (surname)Bee is a surname.Those bearing it include the following:* Thomas Bee , American farmer & jurist* Barnard E. Bee, Sr. , Texas politician* Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr., , American soldier...
- Saint Bee (disambiguation)
- Bee, a.k.a. Beyonce KnowlesBeyoncé KnowlesBeyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
- Bee Ho GrayBee Ho GrayBee Ho Gray was a Western performer who spent fifty years displaying his skills in Wild West Shows, vaudeville, circus, silent films and radio...
(1885-1951), performer in Wild West shows, vaudeville, circus, silent films and radio - Bee VangBee VangBee Vang is an American actor. He is the co-star of Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino. Before this role, he did not have any known acting experience.- Personal life :...
(born 1991), actor best known for his co-starring role in Gran Torino - Bee WilsonBee WilsonBee Wilson is a British food writer and historian. Wilson is married to the political scientist David Runciman and lives in Cambridge. The daughter of A. N...
(born 1974), British food writer and historian - Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, one of the first general officers to be killed in the war. During that battle, he was responsible for the...
, Confederate general during the Civil War
Organisations, Business and Government
- Bureau of Energy EfficiencyBureau of Energy EfficiencyThe Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the nation's 2001 Energy Conservation Act. The agency's function is to develop programs which will increase the conservation and efficient use of...
, India - FlybeFlybeFlybe Group PLC is a British low-cost regional airline headquartered at the Jack Walker House at Exeter International Airport in Devon, England...
, an airline based in Devon, England, with the ICAO code BEE - Black Economic EmpowermentBlack Economic EmpowermentBlack Economic Empowerment is a programme launched by the South African government to redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups economic opportunities previously not available to them...
, a South African government program
Periodicals
- The Bee (magazine)The Bee (magazine)The Bee, or Literary Intelligencer was a British literary magazine started by Oliver Goldsmith in 1759. In it he published "Citizen of the World" and many of his best essays.-External links:*Sample issue at Google Books,...
, literary magazine - The Fresno BeeThe Fresno BeeThe Fresno Bee is the daily newspaper serving Fresno, California and surrounding counties in that U.S. state's San Joaquin Valley. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and ranks fourth in circulation among the company's newspapers....
newspaper - The Modesto Bee newspaper
- The Sacramento BeeThe Sacramento BeeThe Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its creation in 1857, the Bee has become Sacramento's largest newspaper, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 25th largest paper in the U.S...
newspaper
In transportation
- HMS BeeHMS BeeThree vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bee, after the insect, the Bee. A third ship was ordered but never completed:-Ships:...
, a number of ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy - Bee (ship)Bee (ship)The Bee was a ship that sank off the coast of Newcastle, Australia in 1806.The Bee, an 11 ton sloop, was under the command of Thomas Bryant when it set sail from Sydney, Australia for the Hawkesbury River on 25 June 1806. On 28 June the ship ran into a storm that shifted the ballast, damaged the...
, a ship that sank off the coast of Australia in 1806 - Daihatsu BeeDaihatsu BeeThe Daihatsu Bee is a three wheeled microcar that was produced by Daihatsu Kogyo Co Ltd from 1951.Although Daihatsu had been producing motorized tricycles for carrying freight since 1930, and had also produced a small car for military use in 1937, the Bee was the first passenger car the company...
, a Japanese three wheeled car - Bee Automobiles, electric carmaker
Places
- Bee, NebraskaBee, NebraskaBee is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 223 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bee is located at ....
- Bee County, TexasBee County, TexasBee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Bee County was founded December 8, 1857. As of 2010, the population was 31,861. Its county seat is Beeville. Bee County is named for Barnard E...
- Bee Cliff (Tennessee)Bee Cliff (Tennessee)The Bee Cliff is a prominent northeast Tennessee geological limestone feature with high caves that overlooks the Watauga River and the Siam community of Carter County, Tennessee.-Geography:...
- Bee, Piedmont, a municipality in northern Italy
In music
- Bee (EP)Bee (EP)Bee is an EP released by Tracy Bonham. The EP was recorded after performing on Blue Man Group's album The Complex and was only available to her fans while on tour...
by Tracy Bonham - "Bee" (Jennifer Braun song)Bee (Jennifer Braun song)"Bee" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, composed by American-Israeli songwriter Rosi Golan. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010...
- "Bee" (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)Bee (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)-Credits and personnel:*Lead vocals – Lena Meyer-Landrut*Producer – Per Kristian "Boots" Ottestad*Music – Rosi Golan, Per Kristian "Boots" Ottestad, Mayaeni Strauss*Lyrics – Rosi Golan, Per Kristian "Boots" Ottestad, Mayaeni Strauss...
Other uses
- Bee (mythology)Bee (mythology)The bee, found in Ancient Near East and Aegean cultures, was believed to be the sacred insect that bridged the natural world to the underworld...
- Bee (gathering)Bee (gathering)A bee, as used in quilting bee, working bee or spelling bee, is an expression used together with another word to describe a gathering of peers to accomplish a task or to hold a competition. Especially in the past, the tasks were often major jobs, such as clearing a field of timber or raising a...
, a gathering of people for work or competition (as in a [spelling bee]) - Aunt BeeAunt BeeBeatrice Taylor is a fictional character from the 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. The show was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960, until April 1, 1968...
, fictional character in The Andy Griffith Show television show - The Bee (radio station)The Bee (radio station)The Bee is a local radio station in England. It won the licence to broadcast to parts of Lancashire in December 2004, and launched on 1 October 2005. The station is owned by UKRD. The Bee operated two trial broadcasts in 2001 and 2002 to help win the licence....
in U.K. - .218 Bee.218 BeeThe .218 Bee is a .22 caliber centerfire rifle cartridge designed for varmint hunting by Winchester in 1938. The cartridge was originally chambered in lever-action rifles, which may have ultimately led to its lack of popularity...
, a .22 caliber rifle cartridge - Salt Lake BeesSalt Lake BeesThe Salt Lake Bees are a Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Bees serve as the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They play their home games at Spring Mobile Ballpark, known to fans as the Apiary, which was...
, a minor league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League
See also
- The Bees (disambiguation)
- St BeesSt BeesSt Bees is a village and civil parish in the Copeland district of Cumbria, in the North of England, about five miles west southwest of Whitehaven. The parish had a population of 1,717 according to the 2001 census. Within the parish is St...
, a parish and village in Cumberland, England - Bee MovieBee MovieBee Movie is a 2007 computer animated family comedy film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J...
, film - Bee Playing Cards
- MicroBeeMicroBeeMicroBee was a series of home computers by Applied Technology, later known as MicroBee Systems.The original MicroBee computer was designed in Australia by a team including Owen Hill and Matthew Starr...
, an 8-bit Z80-based computer released in 1982 - Bee Bee BeeBee Bee BeeBee Bee Bee was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1972 Preakness Stakes. To date Bee Bee Bee is only one of eight Maryland-bred colts to win the Preakness and one of only eleven from the state to win a triple crown race.He was sired by multiple stakes winner Better Bee,...
, American thoroughbred horse