Bee, Virginia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Bee is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. Bee is located along the Russell Fork and Virginia State Route 80, {{convert|9.2|mi|km}} southeast of Haysi. Bee had a post office until it closed on October 1, 2005; it still has its own ZIP code, 24217.{{cite web |url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action |title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code |accessdate=2012-02-15 |author=United States Postal Service |year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=December 22, 2012|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}

Bee was named for Beatrice Owens.{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA10|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=10}}