hives

Example Sentences

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I jumped up and I had hives and bumps from the bites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

By 1947 commercial beekeepers were moving their hives miles away; smog was killing the bees, or making them crazy so they couldn’t find their way back home.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Working with collaborators from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Queen Mary University of London, Nieh and his team studied bees in controlled hives designed to mimic natural conditions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

“We’re a mess!” she said, pointing to the hives now covering her face.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot