HIVE, n.
1. A box, chest or kind of basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honey-bees. It is made of boards, straw or other materials.
2. A swarm of bees; or the bees inhabiting a hive.
3. A company or society together, or closely connected. [Unusual.]
HIVE, v.t. To collect into a hive; to cause, to enter a hive; as, to hive bees.
1. To contain; to receive, as a habitation, or place of deposit.
Where all delicious sweets are hived.
HIVE, v.i. To take shelter or lodging together; to reside in a collective body.
