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๐Ÿ Emoji meaning

Busy as a bee! Hard work, teamwork, honey, and a bit of caution.

๐Ÿ Meaning

As busy as a bee or to have a bee in your bonnet. Bees are structured like a social community. Each has its own fixed task and contributes its part to the success of the colony. Caution: A bee can also annoy and sting!

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Commonly confused with

Intensity Variant

Honeybee
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Mosquito

Bee vs mosquito; both winged insects that bite or sting, difference is subtle at emoji scale.

Same Shape

Honeybee
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Ant

Honeybee vs ant; both small insects with segmented bodies, used to represent bugs in general.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œHoneybeeโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ animal + bumblebee + honey + nature + spring

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ honeybee

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bee + insect

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- bee - honeybee

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