【明報專訊】"Co-operate is written with a hyphen in British English," Tommy said as he prepared to build a house of wax（蠟）. "In the US it's spelled cooperate," Bea said, "and if you'd care to cooperate with me, we can do this job much faster." To co-operate / cooperate with indicates working together with someone. "Except for Tommy, bees are always co-operating with each other for the good of the hive（蜂窩）," Bea said.