The Bee was an Independent Local Radio station serving southern and eastern parts of Lancashire, England.

[1] The station was owned and operated by UKRD and broadcast from studios at Clayton-le-Moors in Accrington.

At 7pm on 17 June 2011, the station began broadcasting to the Preston, Leyland and Chorley areas on 106.5 FM, following the sale and subsequent closure of 106.5 Central Radio.

[2] On 4 April 2016, UKRD announced The Bee would be closed and merged with its sister East Lancashire station 2BR as part of an expansion onto DAB.

The merged station carries the same 2BR programming and identity with opt-outs for local news, traffic and advertising in the Burnley, Blackburn and Preston & Chorley areas.