Definition of Busy bee

1. Noun. An alert and energetic person.

Exact synonyms: Eager Beaver, Live Wire, Sharpie, Sharpy
Generic synonyms: Actor, Doer, Worker
Specialized synonyms: Goffer, Gopher

Definition of Busy bee

1. Noun. a hardworking person ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Busy Bee

bustoes
busts
busty
busulfan
busulfans
busulphan
busway
busways
busy
busy-ness
busy-work
busy as a beaver
busy as a bee
busy beaver
busy beavers
busy bee
busy bees
busy bodies
busy body
busy signal
busy work
busybodied
busybodies
busybody
busybodying
busying
busyness
busynesses
busywork
busyworks

Literary usage of Busy bee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry for Children by Samuel Eliot (1879)
"How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower ! How skilfully she builds her cell! ..."

2. Criticism on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers by Richard Holt Hutton (1894)
"XXXI SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON "THE LITTLE busy bee" 1874 SIR JOHN LUBBOCK has been devoting his attention to the mental qualities displayed by bees and wasps, ..."

3. Divine and moral songs for children. Illustr by Isaac Watts (1866)
"AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the dny From every opening flower! ..."

4. Poems by Grades: Containing Poems Selected for Each Grade of the School by Charles Benajah Gilbert (1907)
"... doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower! How skilfully she builds her cell! ..."

5. Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices by Samuel Carter Hall (1842)
"THOU wert out betimes, thou busy, busy Bee ! As abroad I took my early way, Before the cow from her resting-place Had risen up and left her trace On the ..."

6. Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1895)
"THE busy bee. HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower ! How skillfully she builds her ..."

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