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 Yellow jackets go for whatever’s coming off the grill, while bumble bees stick to drinks, fruit and dessert. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026 These solitary, nonaggressive bees use small pieces of leaves to build their nests, causing only cosmetic harm to the plant. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026 These plants grow remarkably quickly and are a favorite of pollinators, attracting bees and butterflies to your garden. — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026 Flowering non-stop summer-through fall in showy combinations of yellow, orange, and red, blanket flower provides a good source of nectar to native bees and butterflies, while the small seeds are eaten by finches. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2026 This movement encourages the use of low-water, native plants in order to reduce water use and to bring birds, bees and other wildlife back into people’s backyards. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 July 2026 Featuring mushrooms, flowers, bees, and butterflies, the warm white light lasts eight hours each night and recharges in the daytime sun. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026 The savory along the river is teeming with bees, and small white moths light among the ghosts of withered bergamot. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 The fragrant blooms of abelia appear in the summer and are adored by bees and butterflies. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 25 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bees

Noun

By their very nature, pop-ups are fluid and subject to the whims of weather.

— Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
On the other hand, biodiversity is far too important an issue to be steered at once by the chaotic whims of Silicon Valley, the legal battles waged by environmental nonprofits, and the old, sclerotic levers of government bureaucracy.

— Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

Definition of whims

Noun

In conversations with her volunteers and the general public, Mia could spot people’s paltry, ahistorical notions of what a robust monarch population was supposed to be.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Instead, the designer suggests skipping the preconceived notions and finding a natural stone that uniquely appeals to you rather than feeling tied to just one type of quartzite.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026