King·bird n. Zool.
 1. A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or Tyrannus Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.
 2. The king tody. See under King.

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 Wil·low n.
 1. Bot. Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. “A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.” --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
 And I must wear the willow garland
 For him that's dead or false to me.   --Campbell.
 2. Textile Manuf. A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
 Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. Bot. See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
 Willow biter Zool. the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
 Willow fly Zool., a greenish European stone fly (Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
 Willow gall Zool., a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly (Cecidomyia strobiloides).
 Willow grouse Zool., the white ptarmigan.  See ptarmigan.
 Willow lark Zool., the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
 Willow ptarmigan Zool. (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.  See under Reed. (b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe.
 Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath.
 Willow thrush Zool., a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush.  See Veery.
 Willow warbler Zool., a very small European warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.


 Bee n.
 1. Zool. An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
 Note: ☞ There are many genera and species. The common honeybee (Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females.  Besides the Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and Trigona.
 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
    The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.   --S. G. Goodrich.
 3. pl.  Naut. Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
 Bee beetle Zool., a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives.
 Bee bird Zool., a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
 Bee flower Bot., an orchidaceous plant of the genus Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
 Bee fly Zool., a two winged fly of the family Bombyliidæ. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees.
 Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary. --Mortimer.
 Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also propolis.
 Bee hawk Zool., the honey buzzard.
 Bee killer Zool., a large two-winged fly of the family Asilidæ (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. See Robber fly.
 Bee louse Zool., a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula cæca) parasitic on hive bees.
 Bee martin Zool., the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees.
 Bee moth Zool., a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives.
 Bee wolf Zool., the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of Bee beetle.
 To have a bee in the head or  To have a bee in the bonnet. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. “She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.” --Sir W. Scott.

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