plural beehives
1
: hive sense 1
In the spring, two young grizzly bears, just out of a winter's sleep, … knocked over a half-dozen commercial beehives and fed on the honey and larvae within.—
Jim Robbins
Jim Robbins2
: something resembling a hive for bees: such as
a
: a scene of crowded activity
… a beehive of growling trucks, riverboats laden with supplies, helicopters and airplanes buzzing overhead …—National Geographic
National Geographic
b
: a woman's hairstyle that is conical in shape
She is about sixty-five with hair white as spun sugar, piled up in a beehive hairdo that has been out of style for twenty years.—W. P. Kinsella
W. P. Kinsella
beehive
adjective
Examples of beehive in a Sentence
The office was a beehive of activity.
wearing her hair in a beehive
Recent Examples on the Web
On our table are a plate of thin-sliced speck, ham, and cheese, a dish with curls of homemade butter that look like tiny beehives, two pots of homemade strawberry and apricot jam, and a jar of golden honey from the farm bees.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
The Prince and Princess of Wales are known to retreat there with their kids, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, during free weekends, school breaks and holidays, and the Georgian manor is where Kate keeps her beehives.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Startup Beewise is taking on the traditional beehive with AI and robotics.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
There’s a giant beehive and bee to climb, and a pretty hummingbird slide.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
The Prince and Princess of Wales are known to retreat there with their kids, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, during free weekends, school breaks and holidays, and the Georgian manor is where Kate keeps her beehives.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Startup Beewise is taking on the traditional beehive with AI and robotics.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
There’s a giant beehive and bee to climb, and a pretty hummingbird slide.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beehive
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“Beehive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beehive. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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