put the bee on (someone)

To ask or pressure someone for a loan or donation of money. Primarily heard in US. Jane's good-for-nothing brother always comes around our place every couple of weeks to put the bee on us for a few bucks. The alumni association of my old university puts the bee on me once or twice a year looking for a donation.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kieron	KEER-awn, KEE-ar-awn	Irish
Marama	-	Polynesian Mythology
Iounia	-	Biblical Greek
Johannes	yo-HAH-nes (German), yo-HAHN-nəs (Dutch, Danish), YO-hahn-nes (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Farrukh	-	Urdu, Uzbek, Tajik
Ayumu	ah-yoo-moo	Japanese