bee vs social gathering

bee and social gathering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bee	Yes	No	No	No
social gathering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, social gathering is a hypernym of bee; that is, social gathering is a word with a broader meaning than bee:

bee: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
social gathering: a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

Other hypernyms of bee include affair, function, occasion, social affair, social function, social occasion.

bee (noun)	social gathering (noun)
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species	a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions