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Word: beese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

We see so many sons-of-bees.

Author: By M. J. Roth, | Title: STRAIGHT DOPE | 7/23/1943 | See Source »

Gleam. In Springfield, Ill., Policeman George Ford was bothered by bees swarming at the busiest corner in town. Then a young woman gave him her mirror and a method. He sent a flash into the swarm, swung it to a nearby wall. The bees followed the gleam.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 5, 1943 | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

A run-of-the-mine rifleman, Lou developed an accuracy famed in an outfit noted for its shooting, once he took up mortars. On Guadal he boasted he could lob a shell down a chimney, and did. When a Jap cruiser closed in to shore, Lou lobbed a few shells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: In the Rough | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

Ponder on it, Bill. There are untold possibilities, the beauties of the spring sowing and the harvest, for instance, about which Wallace Woodworth could improvise a pastoral symphony in 100 voices. Can't you envision the swaying bodies of the reapers (brought in by the Student Union in truckloads from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

Fun in Bed. In Keswick, England, 71-year-old Robert Just swore that he got rid of his rheumatism by bedding down every night for a week with a few dozen resentful bees.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 29, 1943 | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

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