hive
IPA: hˈaɪv
noun
- A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
- The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
- A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
verb
- (transitive)
- To collect (bees) into a hive.
- To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
- (intransitive)
- To form a hive-like entity.
- To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.
- (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.
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Examples of "hive" in Sentences
- The bees use the baskets as hives.
- They ventilate, cool and heat the hive.
- Pollen is one of the byproducts of the hive.
- The company is a multifaceted hive of commerce.
- After the bees leave, the rest of the hive must be removed.
- The gorilla swarm ramets go berserk when the hive mind is disrupted.
- The pollen trap makes access to the hive harder for the foraging bees.
- The bee does collect nector for the benefit of the hive not just herself.
- The honeybees return to the hive and pass the nectar onto other worker bees.
- Robbing may go on between hives in one apiary or hives of different apiaries.
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