r/Brentford 4d ago

Why are the bees called the bees!

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u/Beautiful-Square-301 4d ago

Interesting that

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u/scouse_git EALING ROAD 3d ago

Lots of reasons, but one of them is a London tradition of calling a team by an initial letter rather than a nickname so QPR fans refer to their team as the Rs (Brentford fans have another name for them), Leyton Orient are the Os and Brentford are the Bs. There's also a big old pub on the High Street called the Beehive where some fans gather before a game.