What does swarm mean?

Definition

For a large group of bees to leave a colony together to establish another colony.

Example sentences

• Half our bees swarmed yesterday, and we found them hanging from a branch.🔊

  Half our bees swarmed yesterday, and we found them hanging from a branch.

• Could this colony be getting ready to swarm?🔊

  Could this colony be getting ready to swarm?

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swarm in other languages

• In Portuguese
• In French
• In Japanese