Did you know that when the church first organized the young women, the organization was known as the Beehives? For the early pioneers of the church, the beehive was a symbol of industry — harmony, cooperation, and work. A task that no single bee or division of bees can accomplish becomes easy when the whole hive works together. As a young woman in the beehive class today, we are all working together to increase our faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and to "bee all that we can bee."
Reference: Church Handbook