Meanings of many hives in английском

You can't manage as many hives as you did before, which changes the economics of the business, of course.

Beekeepers are warning some in the industry are at risk of going bust because there are too many hives.

A fence ran around the yard and there was a meat house near a little orchard of apple-trees, under which were many hives of bee-gums.

'How many hives have you?'

Many hives are patented yearly by persons ignorant of the nature of the honey-bee, and few, if any, are received with favor by intelligent apiarists.