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a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
she got a sudden bee to quit her job and move to South Carolina
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Recent Examples of bees
Yarrow is both visually appealing and a magnet for beneficial pollinators such as bees and butterflies.
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Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
The sale will feature native and non-native flowering plants that attract bees and other pollinators.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Similar to bees, wasps pollinate flowers and benefit gardens by keeping pests in check.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026
In an entomology group on Facebook, melittologists, scientists who focus on bees, had the answer.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The study issued last week by plant biologists from Northwestern and the Chicago Botanic Garden said helping pollinators such as bees and butterflies does not require going totally wild with native plants only.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Its purple spike flowers support the ecosystem by attracting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
If your turf is a blanket of green grass—no flowering weeds or clover—then the butterflies and bees would not be coming around anyway.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
Inspired by bees, known for their exceptional aeronautical skills like navigation, hovering, and pollination, the team designed a flying robot that outperforms other artificial robots of similar scale.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2025
Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
The sale will feature native and non-native flowering plants that attract bees and other pollinators.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Similar to bees, wasps pollinate flowers and benefit gardens by keeping pests in check.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026
In an entomology group on Facebook, melittologists, scientists who focus on bees, had the answer.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The study issued last week by plant biologists from Northwestern and the Chicago Botanic Garden said helping pollinators such as bees and butterflies does not require going totally wild with native plants only.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Its purple spike flowers support the ecosystem by attracting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
If your turf is a blanket of green grass—no flowering weeds or clover—then the butterflies and bees would not be coming around anyway.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
Inspired by bees, known for their exceptional aeronautical skills like navigation, hovering, and pollination, the team designed a flying robot that outperforms other artificial robots of similar scale.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bees
Noun
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Multicoin, especially, has been at the whims of crypto’s booms and busts.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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By design, the responsibility to pay these workers shifted from the employers, who were reluctant to pay Black laborers in the first place, to the whims of the customers.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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Breakaway notions, such as ‘Calexit,’ are fanciful, but the discontent driving them is real.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Advice or even just notions—only check email after noon; never do 10 reps of crunches—solidify into absolutism or vanish.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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The kitchen of the restaurant is crawling with maggots, the damp eats away at the tatami mats and wallpaper decorated with a design of a forest landscape.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Symptoms include seeing or feeling maggots move within a skin wound or sore, or in the ears, nose, eyes or mouth.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Bees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bees. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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