A bee line is an

idiom An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. Categorized as formulaic language, ...

for the shortest route or a straight line between two points (see "

as the crow flies __NOTOC__ The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points, rather similar to "in a beeline". This meaning is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel '' Oliv ...

"): bee line, bee-line, or beeline may also refer to:

Brands and enterprises

Beeline (brand) Beeline (russian: Билайн), earlier Bee Line GSM (russian: Би Лайн GSM) is a telecommunications brand by company PJSC VimpelCom, founded in Russia. PJSC VimpelCom is Russia's third-largest wireless and second-largest telecommunications ...

, a telecommunications brand by VimpelCom Ltd. used in Russia, other post-Soviet states, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam * Beeline (software company) for companies to manage temporary staff * Beeline reader for adding colors to text to speed reading transitions from one line to the next

Transportation

* Bee Line Buzz Company, a former bus operator in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom * Bee Line Expressway, an earlier name of Florida State Road 528 east of Orlando in the United States * Bee Line Railroad, a railway in western Indiana, United States; serving Warren County and Benton County * BEE-LINE,

Brussels Airlines Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and cre ...

callsign *

Bee-Line Bus System The Westchester County Bee-Line System, branded on the buses in lowercase as ''the bee-line system'', is a bus system serving Westchester County, New York. The system is owned by the county's Department of Public Works and Transportation. History ...

of Westchester County, New York, United States * Beeline, or Okmulgee Beeline, the section of

U.S. Route 75 U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway that extends in the central United States. The highway's northern terminus is in Noyes, Minnesota, at the Canadian border, where it once continued as Manitoba Highway 75 on the other side o ...

from Tulsa to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States * Beeline Highway (disambiguation), several highways *

First Berkshire & The Thames Valley First Beeline Buses, trading as First Berkshire & The Thames Valley, is a bus operator providing services in and around Slough. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup. History In January 1986 Alder Valley North Limited, later renamed, The Berks B ...

, formerly known as Beeline.

Other uses

* ''Beeline'' (album), a 2002 album by Peter Case *

Beeline (beekeeping) Beelining (also known as bee lining, bee hunting, and coursing bees) is an ancient art used to locate feral bee colonies. It is performed by capturing and marking foraging worker bees, then releasing them from various points to establish (by elem ...

, a method for locating a feral bee hive *

Vermilion snapper The vermilion snapper (''Rhomboplites aurorubens''), the clubhead snapper, night snapper, Brian’s red fish or beeliner is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Oce ...

, a species of fish

Brands and enterprises

Transportation

Other uses

See also