Meanings of few hives in English

But we lost a few hives to that bad winter three years back.

I think I will buy a few hives of bees.

I usually have some few hives with too little honey, as well as too few bees.

Get one hive or a few hives.

As the farmer may need but a few hives, he may find leisure in winter to make them.

The ewes supply butter and curds; the garden boasts cabbages, turnips and even a few hives in a sheltered corner.

However, somewhere along the way, his childhood love for beekeeping was reignited and he introduced a few hives of to the already diverse farm.

A few hives are found here and there among settlers who chanced to have learned something about the business before coming to the State.