Meaning: The bees were actively flying around their hive, making a humming noise.
Choice of Words: bees: flying insects that produce honey; buzzed: made a continuous, humming sound; hive: the structure where bees live.
Alternative Expressions
The bees were busy buzzing around the hive.
Meaning: This sentence describes bees that were actively flying and making a humming sound around their hive.
Choice of Words:Were is a verb that indicates a past tense. Buzzing is a present participle form of the verb buzz, which means to make a humming sound. Around means in a circular motion.
The bees buzzed busily around the hive.
Meaning: This sentence describes bees that were actively and in a circular motion flying and making a humming sound around their hive.
Choice of Words:Busily is an adverb that describes the manner in which the bees were buzzing. Around means in a circular motion.