Bee

A body or gathering of persons, who, through mere benevolence, meet at one time and unite in doing a job of work, or contributing articles of nece ity for the benefit of a newly settled person or family. [Canada and U. States.] (Mus.) A combination of reeds, connected with the mouthpiece of an oboe, and other similar wind instruments. -pl. (Naut.) Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of a ship's bow spirit, used to reeve the foretopmast-stays through. Bee, in Tezas , a S. county, watered by the streams Aransas, Blanco, Medio, Papelota, and Chiltepin. Area . about 1,000 sq. m. Soil , light, sandy, and generally poor. Cap. Beeville. Pop . (1898) 7,500. Bee'be Plain, in Vermont , a post-office of Orleans co. Bee'be Springs, in Alabama , a village of Etowah co. Bee'-bird, n. (Zool.) See FLY-CATCHER. Bee Branch, in Arkansas , a P. O. of Van Buren co. Bee'-bread, n. [ bee and bread.] A brown, bitter substance, the pollen of flowers collected by bees, as food for their young.