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 Their wicker man isn’t an object of punishment, like the one that made Nicolas Cage flail around screaming about bees. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 At a teaching apiary in College Park, bees returning to the hive with tiny granules of pollen on their legs tell her something about what is happening inside. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 But now, Beewise hives are equipped with Robi, a wheeled unit that drives up to the hives and uses robotic arms to reach inside to treat the bees, just as a human beekeeper would. — Rachel Sacks, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Wait until temperatures consistently stay above 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) so overwintering bees and butterflies have time to safely emerge. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 The Grand Citrus Escape treatment uses herbs and citrus grown onsite and honey from the resort’s bees to hydrate and soothe your skin from head to toe. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 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 Hollow or pithy stems found in many perennials can serve as winter shelter for native bees and other beneficial insects, many of which overwinter as larvae tucked inside old plant stalks. — Pam Rosendal, Denver Post, 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

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Noun

While mega oil and gas companies pay for some of the greatest intelligence in the world, even the world's greatest intelligence gatherers are subject to the whims of rogues with missile launchers.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
From here on out, the authorship of Tae-ju’s life is ambiguous, as well as constantly in flux, buffeted by the whims and suggestions of others, as well as by her own impulses.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of whims

Noun

Western traditions of symmetry and notions of linear time are upended.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
That is followed by one focused on exploring conventional notions of beauty by uncovering the unexpected draw of unpleasant scents with Naïla Hamayed, Givaudan’s fragrance evaluator.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of notions

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Officials said hunters should watch for signs of infection, including visible maggots in wounds, foul-smelling injuries and animals that appear weak or distressed.

— Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Around this time, he was treated for an infection in his feet caused by maggots — one of numerous hospitalizations, prompting a call from Adult Protective Services over his care, the filing says.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026