From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbumblebeebum‧ble‧bee /ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/ noun [countable] HBIa large hairy bee
Examples from the Corpus
bumblebee• Counted 200 bumblebees of 4 species in a 150-square-foot patch of fireweed.• We were topped by ballerinas dressed as bumblebees.• There was fireweed with furry yellow-and-black bumblebees foraging from it, and there were bears and caribou.• The monsters are like bumblebees, an engineering nightmare.• In the second half, the Steelers defense resembled a swarm of bumblebees.• The bumblebees are still foraging from the chokecherry blossoms in the gloom.Origin bumblebee (1500-1600) bumble “to make a low continuous sound” ((14-17 centuries)) (from the sound) + bee 