BeyHive refers to fanatical devotees of American R&B recording artist and actress Beyoncé Knowles. The name of the fan-base began in 2011 when Knowles acknowledged the fans on her official website, originally titled as the Beyontourage, a portmanteau of Beyoncé and entourage. After creating and publishing her alternate website, Knowles officially referenced her fans as the BeyHive, a dubbed tittle used by fans following Knowles second studio album B'Day (2006) and the heavy use of the concept of bee's. The singular term for a member of the BeyHive is referenced to as A Bey, with Knowles as the Queen Bey, the lead of the Hive. The name BeyHive derives from the word beehive, purposely misspelled to resemble Beyoncé Knowles' first name, Beyoncé.