Thesaurus results for BEES

bees

noun

plural of bee

as in whims

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 Researchers have seen bees choosing among flowers, ants comparing potential nest sites and mosquitoes selecting egg-laying sites all making worse decisions as the number of competing options increases. — Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Many bees are used at avocado farms in Queensland to pollinate the crops, so the thefts could have a knock-on effect on other food production. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026 This past spring, the research team surveyed native bees at 26 forests across the Northeast, documenting the plants bees visited before any restoration began. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 Alvarez and his wife, Adda, have made memorial plaques for animals of all types, from dogs, cats and horses to bees, wolves and crawfish. — Yvonne Villasenor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 In addition, their honeydew attracts bees, wasps, ants, and other insects. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 After all, oodles of fans still worship at the altar of Jim and Pam, the shaggy-haired salesman and timid receptionist who became a generation of besotted worker bees’ Ross and Rachel — the couple to root for who became the couple to emulate. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 The coach of a group dressed as bees hailed from Montana, while The Athletic bumped into Chase Hansen from Utah, a student at Oxford University who has been on a pilgrimage to try some of Europe’s unique sporting traditions. — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 From pollinating insects like bees to birds and amphibians, visitors to your yard need water to drink. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026

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But elevating the whims of progressive activists and government bureaucrats above the wisdom of the marketplace has proven a costly mistake and undermined consumer choice.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
This is hardly new, and scream queens, in particular, are often left to the whims of the internet.

— Mariam Bagdady, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of whims

Noun

Students came together as a community to ask Cook County School District 130 Superintendent and the board of education to take immediate action to eradicate cockroaches, mold, mice and maggots from their schools.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
The creamy white larvae are maggots and have no wings, wing buds, or legs on their soft, tapering bodies.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026