Definition of Beehives

1. Noun. (plural of Beehive) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of beehive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beehives

1. beehive [n] - See also: beehive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beehives

beefsteak plant
beefsteak tomato
beefsteaks
beefwood
beefwoods
beefy
beeg
beegah
beegahs
beegum
beegums
beehive
beehive shelf
beehive shelves
beehived
beehives (current term)
beehood
beehouse
beehouses
beeing
beekeeper
beekeepers
beekeeping
beekeepings
beeless
beelike
beeline
beelined
beelines
beelining

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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