So a "swarm" is the collective noun for bees. But I couldn't find a collective noun for apiarists. I propose "stung" as in "a stung of beekeepers."

afandian 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

A swarm is actually a reproductive process. It looks like a mass of bees, but it has a specific purpose and composition.

(Although maybe you’re right colloquially)

A load of bees engaged in robbing behaves entirely differently from a swarm, which is a magical thing to interact with.

It’s correct enough colloquially. It’s just so much cooler than that.

Just like specialists probably differ from the general population on how many legs / arms an octopus has.

From the name, either they have 8 tentacles, or they have 8 of something else which is presumably called pus in Latin.

My mind is thoroughly in the gutter now.

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neonnoodle 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ironic coming from someone named "mead"!

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		Well. Technically, it's meadhbh (or meabh.)