'Hive bee' definitions:
Definition of 'Hive bee'
From: GCIDE
- Hive \Hive\, n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h?fe.]
- 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. [1913 Webster]
- The hive of Roman liars. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Hive bee (Zool.), the honeybee. [1913 Webster]