bees in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for bees in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.busy bee [Am ˈbɪzi ˌbi] N (person)

busy bee

= persona carica di impegni

II.busy bees N

busy bees npl (gossip):

busy bees

chiacchiere f

busy bees

pettegolezzi m

I.bee [Brit biː, Am bi] N

1. bee (insect):

bee

ape f

2. bee Am (meeting):

bee

riunione f (di donne per lavorare a maglia, cucire una trapunta ecc.)

II.bee [Brit biː, Am bi] N arch

bee

anello m di metallo

III.bee [Brit biː, Am bi]

to think one is the bee's knees inf

credersi (di essere) chissà chi

the birds and the bees hum

come nascono i bambini

to be as busy as a bee

essere molto indaffarato

to have a bee in one's bonnet

avere un'idea fissa

to have a bee in one's bonnet about sth

essere fissato per qc

humble-bee [Brit ˈhʌmb(ə)lbiː, Am ˈhəmb(ə)lbi] N arch

humble-bee

bombo m

humble-bee

calabrone m

bee sting [ˈbiːstɪŋ] N

bee sting

puntura f di ape

sewing bee [ˈsəʊɪŋbiː] N

sewing bee

= riunione di sartoria

spelling bee [Brit, Am ˈspɛlɪŋ ˌbi] N

spelling bee

gara f di ortografia

bee orchid [ˈbiːɔːkɪd] N

bee orchid

fior m d'api

bee orchid

vesparia f

bee bread [ˈbiː bred] N

bee bread

= miscela di miele e polline

bee-master [ˈbiːmʌstə(r), -mæstə(r)] N

bee-master → beekeeper

See also beekeeper

beekeeper [Brit ˈbiːkiːpə, Am ˈbiˌkipər] N

beekeeper

apicoltore m / apicoltrice f

bee-eater [Brit ˈbiːˌiːtə, Am ˈbiˌidər] N

bee-eater

gruccione m

bees in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bees in the English»Italian Dictionary

bee [bi:] N

1. bee ZOOL:

bee

ape f

2. bee (group):

bee

gruppo m

they have a sewing bee on Fridays

si trovano a cucire tutti i venerdì

spelling bee

gara orale f di ortografia

Phrases:

to have a bee in one's bonnet about sth

avere la fissazione di qc

to be a busy bee iron

essere molto indaffarato

queen bee N

1. queen bee ZOOL:

queen bee

ape f regina

2. queen bee pej:

queen bee

primadonna f inv

spelling bee N

spelling bee

concorso m di ortografia

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to flit (around) bats, bees

svolazzare

swarm bees

sciamare

Translations for bees in the Italian»English Dictionary

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ape

bee

ape operaia

worker bee

ape regina

queen bee

bees Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

they have a sewing bee on Fridays

si trovano a cucire tutti i venerdì

spelling bee

gara orale f di ortografia

to have a bee in one's bonnet about sth

avere la fissazione di qc

to be a busy bee iron

essere molto indaffarato

to flit (around) bats, bees

svolazzare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

All lower school students also participate in a winter musical, a spring production, and other activities such as the science and language fairs, spelling, math and geography bees.

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The more unguarded and neglected of these buildings are popular hangouts for tropical bees, wasps, and other such excitable stinging creatures.

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The fish may represent the bee's eyes, because of similarity of the fish's scaly skin with the scaly complex eyes of bees.

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Apart from this use by bees, the use of beeswax has become widespread and varied.

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Some bees observe over 50 waggle runs without successfully foraging, while others will forage successfully after observing 5 runs.

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The larger drone bees, the males, do not have stingers.

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Birds, beasts, bees, horses and oxen broken to the yoke and other beasts of burden are included in the formularies.

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He's an apiarist, after all, with bees that work to make honey for him.

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Top-bar hives also offer some advantages to interacting with the bees and the amount of weight that must be lifted is greatly reduced.

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There they pierce the tracheal tube walls with their mouthparts and feed on the haemolymph of the bees.

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