hive

巣箱、蜂の巣

蜂が暮らして蜜を蓄える場所。人が用意した箱であることも多い。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： beehive

よく使う表現： a bee hive, a wooden hive, inside the hive

活気に満ちた場所

何かに忙しく取り組む人々でいっぱいの場所。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a hive of something (The kitchen was a hive of activity before dinner.)

よく使う表現： a hive of activity, a busy hive, a hive of industry

蜂の群れ、ミツバチの群れ

同じすみかで一つの集団として暮らす蜂全体。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： colony

よく使う表現： a healthy hive, an entire hive, a thriving hive

巣箱に収容する

蜂の群れを集めて、用意した巣箱に入れること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： hive a swarm, hive the bees

集まって住む、群居する

集団で一緒に住んだり、同じ場所に身を寄せたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： crowd together

よく使う表現： hive together, hive in cities