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busy bee

[ biz-ee bee ]

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noun

someone who is very active or industrious:
She's a busy bee, what with her morning juice deliveries, school, and late night work at the bike shop.
My toddler is a busy bee, emptying all the low cupboards and trying to climb up and jump off everything!

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Then the British Beekeepers' Association will explain much of an instructive kind about the busy bee.

Six little Indians stole honey from a hive, A busy bee got after one and then there were but five.

A bee is a "busy bee," for it is said that in order to obtain enough honey for a load it has to visit many hundreds of flowers.

This is a large and rich amount of sweets for the little busy bee to bring to mankind yearly for nothing.

A busy bee had momentarily alighted there, and, before leaving, the bee had pricked the tough hide of the half-breed.

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