Busy bug

The answer

BEE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ANT (12 uses in xd)

Other clues for BEE

Every other clue in this collection answered by BEE, most used first.

• Spelling contest - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Spell-off - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Spelling competition - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Spelldown - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• Buzzer - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Honey maker - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Nectar collector - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Garden visitor - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Quilting party - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Pollen collector - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Hive dweller - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Quilters' gathering - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Drone, e.g. - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Flower visitor - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Buzzing insect - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Spelling event - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Stinger - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Stinging insect - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Quilters' get-together - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Busy buzzer - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Busy one - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Spelling ___ - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Busy insect - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Hum bug? - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Insect. - used 16 times, most recently in 1995
• "Akeelah and the ___" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Flying insect - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Quilting event - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Worker in a garden - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Hive insect - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Comb maker - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• "Full Frontal" host Samantha - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Queen ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Apiary insect - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Buzzer in a hive - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Pollen carrier - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Blossom buzzer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Garden worker - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Hive resident - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Nectar inspector - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Royal jelly producer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Small buzzer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Social gathering - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Wax producer - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Drone - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Garden buzzer - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Honey Nut Cheerios mascot - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Nectar gatherer - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Sacramento newspaper - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Waggle dance performer - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Drone, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Honey handler - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Mayberry aunt - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Speller's contest - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Akeelah's contest - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Apiary resident - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Blossom visitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Bonnet invader - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Domesticated insect - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Fuzzy buzzer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Spell-down - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "Full Frontal with Samantha ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Opie's aunt - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Pollen gatherer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Pollen spreader - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Queen, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Quilting session - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• School contest - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Worker, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Worker, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Have a bug - AIL, used 201 times
• Winter bug - FLU, used 129 times
• Bug - IRK, used 80 times
• Busy insect - ANT, used 80 times
• "The Gold Bug" author - POE, used 56 times
• Phone bug - TAP, used 45 times

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