Bourdon derives from the French for bumblebee, and may refer to:Bourdon (bell), the lowest bell in a set Bourdon, a Pilgrim's staff Bourdon, a stopped organ pipe of a construction favored for low pitches Bourdon (surname) Drone (music): The lowest course of a lute, or the lowest drone pipe of a bagpipe, sometimes called a bourdon Faux bourdon, fauxbourdon, faburden or falsobordone, terms applied to a variety of music compositional techniques Bourdon, Somme, a small town in France Bourdon (grape), another name for the French wine grape Douce noir