hive

A structure where bees live and store honey, often a box provided by a person.

• Bees flew into the hive.
• The beekeeper opened three hives to collect honey.
• We put a new hive at the edge of the garden.

Similar words: beehive

Common phrases: a bee hive, a wooden hive, inside the hive

A place full of people who are busy doing things.

• The office was a hive of activity.
• By morning, the quiet square had become a hive of activity.
• The workshop is a busy hive where everyone has a job.

How to use it: a hive of something (The kitchen was a hive of activity before dinner.)

Common phrases: a hive of activity, a busy hive, a hive of industry

All the bees living together as one group in a shared home.

• The whole hive survived the winter.
• A disease killed two hives last summer.
• Each hive needs a healthy queen to grow.

Similar words: colony

Common phrases: a healthy hive, an entire hive, a thriving hive

To gather a group of bees and put them into a home made for them.

• We need to hive these bees.
• The beekeeper hived the swarm in a wooden box.
• She learned how to hive a new colony safely.

Common phrases: hive a swarm, hive the bees

To live or find shelter together in a group.

• The families hived together for warmth.
• Workers hived in tiny rooms near the factory.
• As winter approached, they chose to hive together in town.

Similar words: crowd together

Common phrases: hive together, hive in cities