The swarm of bees chased the young girl as she screamed and ran.
Usually about half of the bees in the hive leave in a swarm. The average hive can peak at around 60,000 bees, so it is reasonable to expect a swarm to be anything up to about 30,000 bees.
A Swarm.----A collection of bees is also called a colony.
Swarm
Different bee species swarm for different reasons. Typically they don't swarm before they die and will only swarm when threatened or when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.
A swamp of bees does not describe a group of bees. The correct term for a group of bees is a swarm.
A couple were hiking when they encountered a swarm of bees in their path.
The man extricated from the swarm of bees
Bees will instinctively swarm around their current queen. A swarm of reporters descended on the mayor's office after the announcement.
"Swarm" is a collective noun and takes a singular verb. Although many bees make a swarm, it is meant to be taken as one whole. The correct sentence is, "There was a swarm of bees (chasing me)." The sentence could be rearranged to read, "A swarm of bees was chasing me." See the related link for subject/verb agreement rules. Rules 3, 4, and 18 address this question.
I saw a swarm of bees hanging on a tree.
There are multiple ways to catch a swarm of bees. One way to catch a swarm is to use a smoker.
The collective nouns for bees are a swarm and a colony.Example sentences:The field of flowers attracted a swarm of bees.There was a colony of bees behind the old mansion.
The swarm of bees relentlessly pursued the greedy bear that stole its honey.
Examen = swarm, as in a swarm of bees Fervere = To swarm, as a verb.
Bees generally swarm. So you might say a huge swarm, or a gigantic swarm.
Usually about half of the bees in the hive leave in a swarm. The average hive can peak at around 60,000 bees, so it is reasonable to expect a swarm to be anything up to about 30,000 bees.
It is - as in a swarm of bees