hive
/haɪv/ noun C1- 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.
- A section of the registry.
Plural hives
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As to the Admiralty—it is buzzing like an overturned bee-hive.
Roll me into the hives of the wild bees that I may be stung to death, and bury me with the Hyaena, for I am most miserable of bears!
When he reached the hollow of the tree, he found a hive full of honey.
So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he splashed down among them.
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