Hive vs. Beehive — What's the Difference?

A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.

A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive.

A nest built by wild or feral bees.

A hive for bees.

A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.

A very busy place.

A place swarming with activity.

A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged in a tall, rounded peak on top of the head.

To collect into a hive.

An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.

To store (honey) in a hive.

A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.

To store up; accumulate.

(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

To enter and occupy a beehive.

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.

To live with many others in close association.

A particular style of hat.

A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.

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

The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance.

A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

To fill (a place) with busy activity.

A section of the registry.

To style ones hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.

(transitive)

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

To collect (bees) into a hive.

Any workplace where people are very busy

To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

(intransitive)

A hairdo resembling a beehive

To form a hive-like entity.

A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.

(entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.

A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.

The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.

To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

A teeming multitude

A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

Store, like bees;

Move together in a hive or as if in a hive;

Gather into a hive;