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.

A swarm of bees; or the bees inhabiting a hive.

A company or society together, or closely connected.

To collect into a hive; to cause, to enter a hive; as, to hive bees.

To contain; to receive, as a habitation, or place of deposit. Where all delicious sweets are hived.

To take shelter or lodging together; to reside in a collective body.