2. Noun. (plural of beehive) ¹
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Definition of Beehives
1. beehive [n] - See also: beehive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beehives
Literary usage of Beehives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"... SPREAD ALL OVER BRITAIN, CAUSING THE RUIN OF THOUSANDS OF beehives It is
associated with the presence of a very minute mite ..."
2. Robert Merry's Museum by Samuel G Goodrich (1842)
"TRAVELLING beehives.—In Switzerland, the traveller often sees a man trudging up
the mountains with a hive of bees on his back. The people move the bees, ..."
3. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"beehives, AND THE ATTENTION WHICH SHOULD BE • PAID TO THRM. The hives ought to
have an aspect due east,95 hut never looking towards the north-east or the ..."
4. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"beehives and the Honey-guide. — Instinct of Trees.—Climbers.—The Ox Sinbad.—Absence
of Thorns in the Forests.—Plant peculiar to a forsaken Garden. ..."
5. Village Life in Egypt: With Sketches of the Saïd by Bayle St. John (1852)
"... Cemetery—Convents on the Face of the Rock — Vast Quarry—A Wolf — Ancient
Hermitage — Crushed Chapel — Giant beehives — Unfinished Excavation — Emme Bey ..."
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