bees
nounHow many syllables in bees?
There is 1 syllable in the word bees.How to pronounce bees:
Definition of bees:
- bees (noun):
- any of numerous hymenopterous insects (superfamily apoidea) that differ from the related wasps especially in the heavier hairier body and in having sucking as well as chewing mouthparts, that feed on pollen and nectar, and that store both and often also honey see africanized bee, bumblebee, carpenter bee, honeybee, sweat bee
Synonyms for bees:
bee
bees in one's bonnet
caprices
cranks
fancies
fantasies
freaks
humors
images
kinks
maggots
megrims
notions
pictures
thoughts
vagaries
vagrancies
whims
whimseys
whimsicalities
whimsies
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