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 September is when the honey harvest ends and bees prepare for winter. — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 To protect the bees, no pesticides are used on the property, and the project helps support native populations, which encourages the biodiversity of endemic plant life. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 As bees collect the nectar, the toxin ends up concentrated in the honey. — Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Some indoor farms do not have bees, and growers pay workers to pollinate flowers by hand. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 By fields of cotton and soybeans where his bees forage and pollinate, Foster Hensel pries open the lid of one of his beehives, setting off a rising hum from inside. — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 By doing the bees' job, Carcache and Bloom hope to figure out whether the plants around the parasite are pollinated more than those further away. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory have observed changes including fewer bees and other pollinators, and sagebrush encroaching in valleys once dominated by wildflowers. — Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 The large blooms feature rose-pink petals surrounding a central cone that provides a buffet for butterflies, bees, and goldfinches. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026

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Noun

But an outdoor garden, no matter how beautiful and lovingly designed or how innovatively used in the menu, is susceptible to the whims of Miami’s humid, rainy, extraordinarily lengthy summers.

— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The players are not responsible for the whims of their ownership.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of whims

Noun

The entire collection was made from the fabrics, trims, notions, and remnants that have accumulated at its studio over the years.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
De Fabeltjeskrant is designed to tap into both notions, restoring and distributing the original programming for the audiences who grew up with it and simultaneously rebuilding the property for children encountering its characters for the first time.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026