What is a group of bees called?

A group of bees is most commonly called a "swarm." According to the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, a swarm is also known as a "hive" or a "grist of bees." Swarms assemble in a colony, numbering as high as 35,000 bees in the summer. read more

The collective noun for bees is the word you would use to describe a group of bees. We have identified the following word(s) that you could call a group of bees: drift erst grist hive nest swarm Used in a sentence, you could say "Look at the drift of bees", where "drift" is the collective noun that means group. read more