A bee line is an

idiom An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a Literal and figurative language, figurative or non-literal meaning (linguistic), meaning, rather than making any literal sense. Categorized as formulaic speech, formulaic ...

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

as the crow flies The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points. Etymology The meaning of the expression is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist'' (1838): ...

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

Brands and enterprises

Beeline (brand) Beeline () is a mobile network operator brand operating in Russia under PJSC VimpelCom, and in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan under VEON Ltd. Beeline is Russia's fourth-largest mobile network operator, and main competitors being MTS, Meg ...

, 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 The North Western Road Car Company, commonly abbreviated to North Western, was a bus operator based in Aintree in Merseyside, running services in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Following its sale from the National Bus ...

, 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 The Bee Line Railroad is a short-line railroad operated by the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad, serving agricultural communities in northwestern Warren County and southwestern Benton County in Indiana, USA. It joins the Kankakee, Bea ...

, 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 crew ...

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. Histor ...

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

U.S. Route 75 U.S. Route 75 is a north–south U.S. Highway that runs in the central United States. The highway's northern terminus is located at the Canadian border near Noyes, Minnesota, at a now-closed border crossing. From this point, the highway ...

from Tulsa to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States *

Beeline Highway (disambiguation) Beeline Highway may refer to: *Beeline Highway (Arizona), State Route 87 *Beeline Highway (Florida), State Road 710 *Beeline Highway (auto trail) Beeline Highway may refer to: * Beeline Highway (Arizona), State Route 87 * Beeline Highway (Florida), ...

, several highways *

First Beeline First Beeline Buses Limited, trading as First Beeline, 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 Bucks Bus Com ...

, bus operator in Berkshire, England * Beeline Britain, a project to travel from Land's End to John o'Groats in a straight line

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* ''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 or beeliner is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The ...

, a species of fish

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