hive

Example Sentences

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With each hive containing roughly 40,000 to 60,000 individuals, total losses were estimated at 3 million to 4 million bees.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"This keeps the whole group tight together. It's like Guardiola is the queen bee at Manchester City and has got the right pheromones going through his hive at the moment."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

As far as gas prices go, there is no hive mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

They closely observed the hive "dance floor," where bees gather and interact.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas