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 The flowers, bold yellow, are visited by bees, butterflies and birds while the rest of the surrounding wildlife wait for the petals to wilt and the seeds to drop, said Jackson County’s Deputy Director of Park Operations Tina Spallo. — Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 If nothing else, marigolds will attract pollinators like bees and butterflies to your garden. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 July 2026 Solar farms can create pollinator havens by planting native wildflowers under and around panels to create rich feeding grounds for bees, butterflies and moths. — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Countless insects and other invertebrates Also not surprising is that the Okefenokee, being a swamp, is home to thousands of invertebrate species — butterflies, moths, bees, dragonflies, beetles, spiders and other soft-bodied creatures. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026 In IconArrows pointing outwards A frame of bees from one of Bradshaw's hives. — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 July 2026 On Thursday morning, fat bees perched on black-and-blue sage flowers, and doves loudly fluttered from fruit tree to fruit tree. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026 Jessica Helgen, University of Minnesota Bee Squad program director, said bees can survive smoky conditions, but there’s less information about long-term health impacts from air pollution. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 And cavity-nesting bees tended to be more magnetic than ground-nesting bees. — Laura Russo, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

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Google has therefore tied the ability to distribute Android apps to the whims of the US Treasury Department, which maintains and enforces economic sanctions.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
The difference between security agencies in democracies and secret-police forces is that the former have to obey laws and not just follow the whims of the head of state.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of whims

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What happens after that is committed to the good common sense of the client who usually leaves that office with only vague notions about what has been done so far and what needs to be done in the future.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

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The resulting maggots hatch within a day and begin ravenously feasting on the living flesh of their victims.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Footage recorded by a longtime employee on June 23, 2026, allegedly showed dishes covered in decomposing food, as well as what appeared to be mold, maggots, and flies.

— Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026