Converse of object

• bumble: A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor.

• swarm: The bees swarmed from the nest leaving the delicious honey comb behind.

Converse of subject

• pollinate: The top lip of the flower is hooded and it is pollinated by bees.

• sting: SKINNER: You're saying this man was stung by bees carrying smallpox?

Adjective modifier

• solitary: Down the garden: a solitary bee; frost in the shade.

Modifies a noun

• venom: A much more pleasant way of being able to benefit from the properties of bee venom than being stung!

• sting: Some suffer bee sting like symptoms others like me get the full works.

• hive: We have several bee hives here, which belong to the apiary.

• orchid: Each species of bee orchid is pollinated by a specific species of bee, males of which try to mate with the flower.

• bole: This bee bole is probably at least 200 years old.

• pollen: A unique fusion of fresh bee pollen and Eucalyptus honey.

Noun used with modifier

• honey: Most honey bees in Britain come from domestic hive colonies.

• mason: Wall mason bee Copyright: Neil Robinson This rare solitary bee was first described in 1828 flying around walls near Ambleside.

• queen: In the burrow the queen bee builds a few small cells from wax made in her body.

• bumble: When fully grown the larvae pupate and a few days later they emerge as the first worker Bumble bees of the year.

• carpenter: The South American Brazil nut tree is dependant on carpenter bees for its pollination.

• spelling: Or spelling bees be small but successfully market online.

Possessives

• knee: Best boss: You think your boss is the bee's knees?

Preposition: in

• hive: The bees in the hive 'd let them do it, too.

Preposition: for

• pollination: The plant emits a stench to attract decaying flesh-eating beetles, flies and sweat bees for pollination.