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Meanings of busy bee in English

Catalan
argent viu
Spanish
rayo

An alert and energetic person.

        argent viu
        Usage of busy bee in English
        1
        They saw a wild rose, but a busy bee was on it.
        The New McGuffey First Reader
        2
        Being as busy as a busy bee must be being very busy!
        The Spinners' Book of Fiction
        3
        And I have been a busy bee, now I tell you.
        Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
        4
        Yes, the busy bee is a fraud by the side of the irresponsible artistic butterfly.
        Without Prejudice
        5
        Kate Beckinsale has been a busy bee on Instagram.
        News.com.au
        6
        He was the busy bee of the party, but it was pleasant to hear him humming.
        The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
        7
        The little busy bee has been from times of old an object of admiration and superstition.
        Welsh Folk-Lore / a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of ...
        8
        Read how insects cannot live without plants, nor plants without the flitting butterfly or the busy bee.
        The Fairy-Land of Science
        9
        The busy bee stepped away from the counter to share some of her inspirational light with EBONY.com.
        Ebony
        10
        The busy bee makes the honey.
        Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
        11
        Your mother was a busy bee.
        Mae Madden
        12
        Just sit down quietly and drill three shallow holes and don't say a word to yonder busy bee.
        The Furnace of Gold
        13
        Even the busy bee
        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
        14
        If, like the little busy bee, she had "improved each shining hour," he never would have done it.
        Laddie: A True Blue Story
        15
        The former Johannesburg Mayor has been a busy bee, as he fights to create a political alternative to the current options on the ballot.
        The South African
        16
        Even the sound of her little sisters' voices as they said the verses they were learning about "the busy bee" provoked her beyond endurance.
        A Pair of Clogs
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        Translations for busy bee
        Spanish
        rayoabeja
        Busy bee through the time
        Busy bee across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common