Hive insects
The crossword clue "Hive insects" is answered by BEES, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BEES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEES answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BEES
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEES, most used first.
- Honey bunch - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Buzzers - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Spelling contests - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Hive dwellers - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Nectar collectors - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Stingers - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Flower fanciers - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Busy buzzers - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Hive group - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Queen's subjects - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Quilters' gatherings - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Quilting parties - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Honey makers - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Stinging insects - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Quilting events - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Apiary residents - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Some drones - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Some queens - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- The ___ knees - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Waggle dance performers - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Insects - ANTS, used 38 times
- Industrious insects - ANTS, used 29 times
- Social insects - ANTS, used 28 times
- Colony insects - ANTS, used 25 times
- Hill-building insects - ANTS, used 22 times
- Parasitic insects - LICE, used 21 times
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