What is a group of bees called?

Collective Noun for Bees. 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.

As you can see, you simply substitute the word "group" with one of the collective nouns on our list above when describing a group of bees.

What is a group of animals called?
Collective nouns are also called "terms of venery". Go here to look up another animal.

What is a group of birds called?
Now you know what a group of bees is called. Go here for the next animal on our list.