beehive
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Before the first wedding last year, a service truck hit a nearby beehive, recalled event concierge Nicole Leigh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. —The city seal shows a beehive, seven bees and a Latin motto that translates to: “Industry fills the hive and enjoys the honey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 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
The trailer — released Thursday by Focus Features — opens with a voiceover, a metaphor and a shot of a beehive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
At times I could not prevent myself from lying flat on the ground, pretending I was inside one of those beehive tombs.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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They filled with blossoms as usual this spring, so Shafer rented about 100 beehives and the bees went to work pollinating.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Nearby, the community has erected several artificial beehives to boost honey production, which forms the backbone of the local economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
The first day of the trip featured a more informal welcome, with the Trumps treating Charles and Camilla to tea and cakes in the White House before showing them beehives on the famed lawn.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 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
First she described the claybeds, making sure she got in everything she could remember, the wide ocher-colored washing pits, the dragline, the kilns like great brick beehives.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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