hive
noun
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
hived
Example Sentences
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He hived off the employee from the investigation, but the discovery underlined the stakes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
The company owns a large stake in Russian energy giant Rosneft, but within days it had announced the operation would be hived off.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2022
These were done using routine commercially available lab equipment, or were hived off to other facilities.
From Nature ● May 13, 2018
Now that most work no longer needs to be hived off into industrial estates, attempting to design a city that blends the residential and the workplace may help cut commutes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2017
“I used the funnel to drop them in a swarm box,” she said, “then I hived them again.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
