Beehive
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young. A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
Example sentence: Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.
Hive
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A structure, which a swarm of honeybees inhabits or has inhabited.The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To enter or possess a hive.To form a hive-like entity.To collect into a hive.To store in a hive or similarly.
Example sentence: When I heard that the bees were in trouble, the fact that they're disappearing and not coming back to the hive, which is a big issue, since a third of the food we eat comes from plants, I figured you couldn't tell the story of the bees without the story of the flowers and how they basically have evolved together for over 150 years.