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🐝 A bee home 🏙️ A busy place 👥 To gather 📦 To store up 🐝 To collect bees
to hive

to hive

7.9
To put a group of bees into a bee box
  • verb
  • /haɪv/
translation icon : introducir en la colmena
  • After collecting the honey, they will hive the bees back into their colonies.

Examples

  • To ensure the bees thrive, they must hive them correctly and provide ample space.

  • Beekeepers must either go from hive to hive and manually insert the patties or place large tubs of the dry patty mix near their beehives.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The beekeepers hive the new swarm into the wooden boxes to keep them safe.

Synonyms

to aggroup
vsto hive
9.9

To bring people or things together into a group

refers specifically to placing a swarm of bees into a container

Antonyms

to release
∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

scatter
8 4.0

A group of things or people spread over a wide area with no order

Idioms

hive of activity
1 3.5

A place where many people are busy and moving

Phrasal Verbs

to hive away
  • Informal
7.8

Put money or things aside in a safe place to use later

to hive off
  • Jargon
8.0

To separate part of a company to make it an independent business

to hive off
  • NSFW
9.5

To secretly move money or things for dishonest reasons

to hive up
  • UK
7.9

To store things like food or money so you can use them later

Compounds

mother-hive
9.6

A busy place that helps people and ideas grow

mother-hive of artisans
9.9

A place where many skilled craft workers learn and make things

Surface Forms

hive infinitive
hived past
hived past participle
hiving present participle
hives third person singular

Etymology

Hive first meant the bees' home, so to hive a swarm is to gather the bees and put them into a hive box, which is why beekeepers use the verb hive when they move a colony.