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You're correct Mr. Bee!!!!!
I'm one of those annoying people who corrects you if you say something wrong. Only because it was pounded into my head during my 4 years in college!!!!!!
I also only do it to my BF lol
You are correct! The only use for bee's would be if a woman was named bee, and you were referring to her possession. (Or at least that's all I can think of!)
You're probably right. lol. I usually use that apostrophe depending on what I am saying. Like for you, #2 is correct. But If I were saying, like, "The bee's who own it..." I think that's okay because it's possession? I could be wrong, though.
ETA: I guess I'm slow, and that's right! lol.
hahahahaaaaaa love it!
And yes, you can take it from a resident copywriter, #2 is correct, UNLESS we are referring to things the bees own, like, "The bee's message board," or "That bee's dress is hideous!" (But no one here is that mean, right?!)
So correct Mr. Bee! This makes me think of The Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
They are so hilarious!
An apostrophe is used to either show posession (as in, "those are the bees' purses") or a contraction as in it's, can't, won't, et cetera. In no way, shape or form is it appropriate to use an apostrophe in the above example. I don't even understand why someone would think it is...
@MrBee, you are correct
@HisBarista, it would still not have any apostrophe because the possession is a different part of the sentence.
You're (you are) CORRECT Mr. Bee :)
Hey Bees :) and yes "bee's dress is gorgeous" also works @dealer hehehe love your examples
Of course you're right, Mr. Bee. I'm sure you already knew that, though.
His Barista - The possessive doesn't necessarily mean one person owns something in RL... it means that one word owns the other.
There's a neat trick to see if something is possessive... if you can restate it using "of the", then it's possesive:
"The bee's wings fell off." -> "The wings of the bee fell off." -> Possessive
"The guy's legs fell asleep." -> "The legs of the guy fell asleep." -> Possessive
Correct! The one that gets me everytime is "a whole nother." Its ANOTHER WHOLE or a WHOLE OTHER.. what the heck does "nother" mean? There's no such animal!!! (as my 7th grade english teacher would say...)
"Bee" or "Bea" is sometimes used as a nickname for Beatrice... so, yeah, someone could be named Bee!
I have also seen that an apostrophe is used to indicate plural when using letters, so there are multiple A's in this sentence. However, I think this is one of those "old" rules of grammar that is falling out of style.
The greatest apostrophe sin I see ALL THE TIME is when, for whatever reason, people use apostrophes to pluralize their family name. For example, just yesterday, I was on Etsy looking up return address stamps, and there was a seller whose example stamps ALL said The Smith's, The Johnson's, The Bee's....etc. That makes me want to scream.
Ahh!! I totally do that sometimes, and afterward, I am so ashamed of myself.
My real problem is with abbreviations: bridesmaids (for example) - I want to put BM's instead of BMs, because in my head I want to separate the pluralizing "s" from the abbreviation --- but I'm probably not supposed to!!!
Ive been a bad lil Bee. : ( Ive been using Bee's instead of Bees. I will change it! Thanks Mr. Bee.
We have such issues with our apostrophes. As a certified grammar geek, it makes me postal. Honestly, I think less of people when I see the misuse of grammar. Similarly, I get really upset at myself when I see that I've screwed up (so, at least my judgment and snobbery are a two-way street.)
http://www.apostropheabuse.com/
Thank you! Grammar drives me nutso bananas bonkers.
Even though I feel perfectly allowed to make up my own words on occassion 
Here here! Mr. Bee!
When talking about our boards or our rings, it would be the Bees' rings or the Bees' boards.
One Bee: Bee
More than one Bee: Bees
Belonging to one Bee: Bee's
Belonging to more than one Bee: Bees'
I love grammar!
A panda eats shoots and leaves. (Yummy!)
A panda eats, shoots and leaves. (What did he eat? And who did he shoot? And why did he leave when he was done?)
honestly I think all the automatic spell check, text messaging in lingo, and instant messenger has messed all of our grammer up for good!
Thank you Mr. Bee! One of my pet peeves also. (Also the misuse of the words there, their, and they're)
@piper - Ditto!
Oh, and the misuse of "your" and "you're" drives me bonkers!
@mrbee--thank you for noticing this and commenting about it! I think people are more likely to take it as a helpful hint of correction when it comes from you, rather than a snarky comment from a fellow bee.
Though all the grammar mistakes and typos on the internet have caused me to be less of a snob about grammar, glaring errors like bee's still bug me. Oh no--unintentional pun.
Incorrect apostrophe-ing drives me banana-nuts. Thanks for this, Sir Bee.
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This isn't a big deal or anything... but I've noticed that sometimes people toss in an extra apostrophe when they use the word "Bee" in the plural.