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Meanings of hive in English

Portuguese
alvéolo
Catalan
rusc
Spanish
panal

A box or receptable in which bees are kept for their honey.

alvéolo

Hive.

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Examples for "beehive"
1
Soon there was a buzzing in Lower Egypt as in a beehive.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
2
Raif barely heard the sound of the second beehive being wheeled away.
A Fortress of Grey Ice
3
We have met with incidences of theft of beehive boxes, Jayson said.
Reuters
4
He sees that a railway station is as natural as a beehive.
The new yorker
5
That was strange, since it had been such a beehive that morning.
Dead ever after
Usage of hive in English
1
Libya has become a hive of combat drones in the past year.
News.com.au
2
The hive was inverted; in a few hours the glass was dry.
Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
3
The beekeeper opens the lower part of the hive and peers in.
War and Peace
4
Mr Duncan says local landowners would be paid a hive rental arrangement.
Radio NZ
5
We have discovered the working bee in this great hive of organization.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
6
The hive was conceived in the dark days of ignorance, stupidity, brutality.
Tea-Table Talk
7
I would have you know I was perfectly safe in that hive.
Soulless
8
On the main street, the police station was a hive of activity.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
9
For nothing is done in the hive without this one utilitarian purpose.
If I May
10
She remained firm in her resolve not to return to the hive.
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
11
Control the queen and you control all the bees in the hive.
Midnight at the well of souls
12
As Maïeddine rode up, a buzz of excitement rose in the hive.
The Golden Silence
13
When I visit the centre at midday, it's a hive of activity.
BBC
14
Uncle Mark set the hive over the swarm and left it awhile.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
15
Their habitation is a hive instead of a hole in a tree.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
16
But the Bees held her fast, and dragged her outside the hive.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
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Catalan
rusc
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