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Spell Bee Word: Honeybee


What does honeybee mean?

Word: Honeybee

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Honeybee means a small flying insect that collects nectar from flowers and turns it into honey.

How do you spell honeybee?

Syllables: hon - ey - bee

Tricky part: The first sound is like hun, but it is spelt with an o. Many children write hunnybee or hunibee.

Watch out for: hunnybee, hunibee, hunybee

Memory tip: The bee flies round and round its hive, as round as the o that comes straight after the h.

Honeybee in a sentence

Example 1: A honeybee landed on the marigold.

Example 2: The honeybee buzzed around the garden.

Example 3: One honeybee can visit many flowers in a single trip.

Fun Fact

A honeybee does a waggle dance to show the other bees which way to fly to find flowers.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) honybee
b) honeybie
c) honeybee
d) honeybea

Show answer

c) honeybee. The insect part is the ordinary word bee, so it ends in a double e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

beyeonhe

a) hoenybee
b) hnoeybee
c) honyebee
d) honeybee

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d) honeybee. Start with h-o-n; the letters left make the rest of the insect's name.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

honeyybee

a) y
b) h
c) n
d) b

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a) y. Only one y sits in the middle of the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apart from honey, what else do honeybees make?

a) milk
b) paper
c) silk
d) wax

Show answer

d) wax

2. How many legs does a honeybee have?

a) six
b) four
c) two
d) eight

Show answer

a) six

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ho: hornbill, however, housefly, hound, hospital

More words from this list

manager, planet, shape, telescope, worst, bray, creek, fluffy

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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