Hum bug?

The answer

BEE

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Busy bug - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• 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
• "The Gold Bug" author - POE, used 56 times
• Phone bug - TAP, used 45 times
• Banned bug killer - DDT, used 44 times

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