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How to use beehive in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, verb

Beehive means such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young. Example: “In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.”

Examples of beehive by meaning

nounA type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they...

  • By the time it was over, Stone had been blown thirty feet through the air by a beehive round as he was running across a field, knocked out by the concussion of the blast.2004, Martin Torgoff, “Next Stop is Vietnam”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon...

nounIn Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.

  • By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:1989 December 22, Norbert Roestel, “CA-LETTER”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
  • Alternatively, in many cases the debris can be suppressed by perturbing the debris with a passing spaceship before it stabilizes into the beehive or loaf.1992 October 22, David Bell, “Spaceships in Conway's Life (Part 6a)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

verbTo fill (a place) with busy activity.

  • Quite naturally, if there are more ministers swarming the cabinet rooms and conference halls, then there will be a spate of civil servants beehiving the secretariat.1958, T. S. Bawa, Jawaharlal Nehru, Nehru's India: An Analytical Study, page 25
  • The patrons beehiving the place whooped and shouted.1989, Craig Foley, Blood Knot, page 59

More sentences with beehive

  • In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.From the entry caste
  • Any time I go to the beehives to take care of the colonies, I wear protective gear.2022, Elsa Wolf, “Bees”, in Keep Me Forever: A Novel, [Wyoming]: ElsaWolfBooks, →ISBN, part 3. From the entry apicultor
  • Nowhere was this more evident than when we moved four of her beehives to the outyard.2020, Dave Doroghy, Show Me the Honey: Adventures of an Accidental Apiarist, page 49. From the entry outyard
  • “Looks really sketchy,” Claire Olivia said, looking in the rearview mirror to fix her beehive hairdo.2013, Bill Konigsberg, Openly Straight, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry hairdon't
  • The grenade launcher was passed to Davis, who fired a beehive round into the spider hole.2006, Keith Nolan, House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, page 323. From the entry spider hole
  • Like the time he suggested we slingshoot a beehive off of a tree in his backyard.1994, Jose Maria Lacambra, Rising Sun Blinking: A Young Boy’s Memoirs of the Japanese Occupation in the Philippines, Sinag-tala…. From the entry slingshoot
  • Dealer establishments are as busy as beehives.1943 November 10, Lyle M. Buckingham, “Distribution of motor-vehicle tires. [Testimony.]”, in Hearings Before the United States Senate…. From the entry recap
  • Old settlers learned from the bees and built their own beehives with two-foot sections sawn from the trunks of hollow black gums.2006, Richard M. Donovan, Paddling the Wild Neches, page 77. From the entry black gum
  • I was pointed toward "alveary", a word with two intriguingly different definitions: first, a beehive, or something resembling a beehive and second, the hollow of the external ear.2013, Antoine Beuger, 24 Petits Préludes pour la Guitare. From the entry alveary
  • This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship, but rather some stable garbage, consisting of a block and a beehive.1991 January 10, Paul Callahan, “Questions and comments about Conway's Life (long)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry ship
  • Not only was she known for her deep voice and her mix of musical genres but also for her bold eyeliner, as well as her Madonna piercing and beehive hairstyle.2021 October 21, Dhwani Ajmera, “‘Squid Games’ to Olivia Rodrigo: Halloween 2021 makeup looks inspired by pop culture”, in Lifestyle Asia. From the entry Madonna piercing

Meaning of beehive

  1. noun Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
  2. noun A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.
  3. noun Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

Full definition of beehive

Questions about beehive in a sentence

How do you use beehive in a sentence?
Beehive is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.”
What is a short sentence with beehive?
“Dealer establishments are as busy as beehives.”
What does beehive mean?
Beehive means such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

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