Bees buzz, busy bodies gather nectar.

Meaning: The bees were actively flying around the garden, collecting nectar from the flowers.

Choice of Words: Bees are flying insects that make honey. Buzz is the sound that bees make. Busy means very active and engaged in a lot of work. Bodies are the physical forms of living things. Nectar is a sweet liquid produced by flowers that bees collect to make honey.

Alternative Expressions

The bees are buzzing around, gathering nectar from the flowers.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the bees are actively collecting nectar from the flowers.

Choice of Words: The bees are the subject of the sentence, and are buzzing around is the verb. Gathering is the present participle of the verb gather, and nectar is the object of the verb. From the flowers tells us where the bees are gathering the nectar.

Bees are busy flying around, collecting nectar to make honey.

Meaning: This sentence is describing the purpose of the bees' activity, which is to collect nectar to make honey.

Choice of Words: Bees are the subject of the sentence, and are busy flying around is the verb. Collecting is the present participle of the verb collect, and nectar is the object of the verb. To make honey tells us why the bees are collecting the nectar.

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