be, bee, been, being, bean

Be or be means to exist or live--
What will be, will be.
"To be, or not to be..."
Be or be means to occupy a place or position--
I can't be there tomorrow.
Will you be my valentine?
She will be the new director.
Be or be means to embody, express or act out a particular state, age, condition, or quality--
I will be 55 soon.
Don't be rude.
I can't be sure.
Be or be may mean to take place or happen--
It will be quitting time soon.
It seems to be raining.
Be or be may be used to form a future ( tomorrow, or later ) form of a verb ( action word )--
I'll be seeing you.
We will be there next week.

Been or been ( nearly rhymes with bin ) is the past participle of "be"--it is combined with a form of "to have"--to make the past perfect--something that was already done, or already existed, in the past, or that continues from past to present--
I have been waiting for hours.
It has been a long, long, time.
Have you been here long?
Has this always been here?

Being or being is the present participle of "be"--something going on as we speak--combined with the appropriate form of "to be"--
He is being obnoxious.
Being right is all that matters to him.
Being is also used to make the "passive voice"--the action in a sentence is happening to the subject--
The movie is being shown at 9.
This instead of making the main idea an object-- "They are showing the movie.
By using the passive voice, the main idea ( the movie ) remains the subject.  If "they" are the main idea--you have been talking about your friends, who show movies--then "They are showing the movie" may more clearly express what you mean.

Being is also used to mean creature or wight, as in "human being"--
What sort of being is this?
All human  beings are the same species.

Bee means the six-legged, winged creature that makes honey--
Don't bother the bee or it might sting.
She has a bee in her bonnet.
She's as busy as a bee.
The plural ( more than one) of bee is bees (rhymes with freeze)--
Let's picnic somewhere else. There are too many bees here.
He is afraid of bees.
A bee is also a group of people working on a project, such as a quilting bee, or in a competition, such as a spelling bee.

Bean or bean is a legume--the food we cook in a bean pot, or sprout to put in salads--
Boston is famous for its baked beans.
Would you like some three bean salad?
No, I prefer ten bean soup.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"There  seems to be a bee in my beans."
"Has the bee been in the beans long?"
"Being a bee, he doesn't say ."

Note--a "be-in"  was a groovy type of party in the late 1960's---for hippies and their friends.
Note # 2--"bin" means a box or enclosed place for storing bulk goods such as flour, potatoes, or coal--
The coal bin is nearly empty.