text: waht does this mean? what is a "sea bee"?i saw one of my friends have a shirt like it a "seabee" is a navy construction worker ("sea" for the ocean they sailed on, "bee" like a busy worker bee).   started in wwii - the navy would capture an island from the japanese, the seabees would come and build an airstrip or command center, and then the planes could take off from there and attack the next island. great movie starring john wayne, "the fighting seabees."