Bees buzzed busily around sweet nectar.

Meaning: Bees made a continuous humming sound while actively moving around the sugary liquid produced by flowers.

Choice of Words: Buzzed means to make a continuous humming sound. Busily means in a busy or active manner. Sweet nectar is a sugary liquid produced by flowers.

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The bees were busy buzzing around the sweet nectar.

Meaning: This means that the bees were very active and busy flying around the flowers, making a low humming sound, and collecting the sweet nectar.

Choice of Words: Bees are small, flying insects that collect nectar from flowers to make honey. Were is a past tense verb that means something happened in the past. Busy means to be very active or busy, like the bees were when they were collecting nectar. Buzzing means to make a low, humming sound, like the sound that bees make when they fly. Around means to be in a circle or group, like the bees were around the nectar. Sweet means to taste good, like the nectar from the flowers. Nectar is a sugary liquid that flowers produce to attract bees and other insects.

The bees buzzed around the sweet nectar, working hard.

Meaning: This means that the bees were flying around the flowers, making a low humming sound, and collecting the sweet nectar, and they were working very hard to do it.

Choice of Words: Bees are small, flying insects that collect nectar from flowers to make honey. Buzzed means to make a low, humming sound, like the sound that bees make when they fly. Around means to be in a circle or group, like the bees were around the nectar. Sweet means to taste good, like the nectar from the flowers. Nectar is a sugary liquid that flowers produce to attract bees and other insects. Working means to do something that requires effort, like the bees were doing when they were collecting nectar. Hard means to do something with a lot of effort, like the bees were doing when they were collecting nectar.

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