Meaning
The tiny bee (or bee-like fly) that is drawn to sweat and settles persistently on the skin, hair, and eyes of anyone working or resting in the heat — after the salt in your perspiration. More an irritation than a danger, the sweat bee's stubborn landing and crawling is a small torment of a hot day in the field or on the road, forever brushed away and forever returning.
Examples
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Di sweat bee dem a follow mi inna di heat.
The sweat bees keep following me in the heat.
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Brush weh di sweat bee from yuh face.
Brush the sweat bee off your face.
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Sweat bee love settle pon yuh when yuh a sweat.
Sweat bees love to settle on you when you're sweating.
Origin
From 'sweat' (what it seeks) + 'bee'; the tiny sweat-drawn bee/fly. See [[sandfly]], [[bee]].
How it’s used
The tiny bee/fly attracted to sweat. See [[sandfly]], [[mosquito]].