beehive
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The house has a defective chimney, a historic beehive oven and even a hidden chamber decorated with hieroglyphs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Behind the apostles, in a beehive of sociable activity, wingless angels busy themselves with rituals—tending to oil lamps, burning cypress branches, playing musical instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Instead, he said that the unusual incident may have been due to the bee colony becoming too large for its beehive and becoming "overactive" when the beekeeper handled it.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Dressed in a revealing keyhole dress and towering beehive wig, Carpenter comes to Simon Says for the ambience and the chance to dress in drag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
It was like someone had tossed a beehive through the window.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
"We had more than 40,000 beehives and more than 450 beekeepers" before the war, he told AFP from the rooftop in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
They climb giant baobab trees to raid beehives for honey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
They also advise that locals keep vehicles free of food, lock doors and windows, and use electric fencing to protect beehives and chicken coops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Two students built beehives in someone’s backyard, using recycled materials, and they planted all kinds of bee-friendly flowers.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
