beehive
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn. —The city seal shows a beehive, seven bees and a Latin motto that translates to: “Industry fills the hive and enjoys the honey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
The royal visitors had tea in the Green Room and were brought into the garden to see a newly-expanded beehive, rebuilt in the shape of a miniature White House.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
But when he discovers a beehive, he shares the honey with his fellow prisoners by smearing it over his body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Behind the apostles, in a beehive of sociable activity, wingless angels busy themselves with rituals—tending to oil lamps, burning cypress branches, playing musical instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
He saw the unknown ancestor standing in a forest clearing, smelting red ore in a beehive oven.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
"We had more than 40,000 beehives and more than 450 beekeepers" before the war, he told AFP from the rooftop in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Its trunk is jammed with short sticks, forming a makeshift ladder that she still climbs each summer to raid beehives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
They also advise that locals keep vehicles free of food, lock doors and windows, and use electric fencing to protect beehives and chicken coops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Still, they took the long route all the way out by the beehives to avoid Sparkswallow Square, where a few people might be standing around and talking.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
