1.
A number, or
collection, or
swarm, of bees: (As, T, S, M, K:) or simply
bees: (IAar, Th, T:) a word having no proper singular; (
As,
T,
S,
M,
K;) and of the feminine gender: (M:) or the
male bee; (
M,
K;) thus Lth explains it; but the right explanation is the first, that of As. (
T.)