Noun

1. An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
2. A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
3. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
4. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
5. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
   • 2005: By the time it was over, Stone had been blown thirty feet through the air by a beehive round as he was running across a field, knocked out by the concussion of the blast. — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 179)

Synonyms

• (home of bees): hive
• (man-made structure): hive
• (busy workplace): hive of activity
• (hairstyle): B-52

See also

• apiary
• beekeeper
• skep
• Wikipedia article of beehives, the man-made structures
• Wikipedia article on the beehive, the hairstyle