Plural of bee
regular plural
The plural of bee is bees.
Forms of bee
| Singular | bee /ˈbiː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bees /ˈbiːz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: been (dialectal).
Bees in a sentence
- He stood across in the other garden, beside a bush of pale Michaelmas daisies, watching the last bees crawl into the hive.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
- Bees and flowers display symbiosis. The bees get nectar and the flowers get pollinated.From the entry symbiosis
- The bees murmured in the forest. The waves murmured on the shore.From the entry murmur
- She often rambles about bees' behavior, both in the hive and in the field.From the entry ramble
- "Chlorpyrifos is considered to be toxic to fish, crustaceans, and bees."From the entry chlorpyrifos
Meaning of bee
- noun A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
- noun Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp.
- noun A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
Questions about the plural of bee
- What is the plural of bee?
- The plural of bee is bees.
- Is bee countable?
- Bee is a countable noun.
- Is been correct?
- been is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual plural of bee is bees.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bee (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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