beehive

Example Sentences

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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

An immense sculptural beehive oven, “Pansa del Publicó,” which he originally built as a public sculpture at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

She once got detention for failing to show up with lunch money, and her appearance – “butch” attire, with her hair dyed purple and piled into a beehive – made her a target for bullies.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

But that would be impossible, he said, because he had learned the technique of the Stone Fist from a Shaolin monk in exchange for a musical beehive.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri