beehive

Example Sentences

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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

The mayor of Aurillac, Pierre Mathonier, was reported as saying that Asian hornets threatening a beehive may have been the catalyst for the attack.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

The Modesto Fire Department and Cal Fire responded to an incident on a private property where dozens of beehive boxes next to Sonora Road had caught fire Thursday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

It was dilapidated, so Ross got hold of a beekeeping suit and a beehive and learned how to transfer the colony to their new home.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

St Toirdealbhach’s cell was like an old-fashioned straw beehive, except that it was bigger and made of stone.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White