hive
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- noun
- /haɪv/
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colmena
- During the spring, the hive becomes bustling with activity as bees come and go.
- hive of bees
- a hive for honey
- keep hives
And a bee builds hives, a Beaver builds dams.
- And a bee builds hives, a Beaver builds dams.
- The sound of rain and bees as from the hive where bees in summer dwell.
- And they communicate not only where food is outside their hive, but the distance from the hive.
- Now some amazing thing happens as you approach the hive.
- Now, Tim, amazing thing happens as you approach the hive.
- Ants create colonies, Bees create hives.
- You only need to, you know, a little kids version of what happens inside a hive to be able to put on a whole get up and open a hive and see it come to life.
- Yeah, mousetrap, mousetrap and hives A beehives.
- Or like when a bee gets stuck in a hive there, there's honey that helps.
- And I have stood in, I've stood in the hive like I've been my eyes were this close to the.
Examples
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The beekeeper introduced a new colony into the hive to boost honey production.
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And they communicate not only where food is outside their hive, but the distance from the hive.
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I'm going to keep them in a hive that does not have a queen.
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And it's the queen bee who rules the hive.
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We had a hive in our pantry once.
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Here he cautiously opens a hive located a few yards behind his home.
Academic text (1996) -
Dozens of hives filled with hungry bees.
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Their most current data indicates that today almost all of the managed hives are Africanized to some extent.
Academic text (1996) -
Advice is offered on improved beekeeping, how to make modified hives, safety equipment, and marketing skills and outlets.
Academic text (1998) -
Each hive houses thousands of bees, working tirelessly to gather nectar.
Synonyms
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A box or natural home where a group of bees live and make honey
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Etymology
Hive comes from an old English word for a 'home for bees', so picture a wooden box full of bees making and storing honey, and that is why hive means a bees' home.