Hives [noun]

Women were plaiting hives in the open air; and the bees were abroad, mingling their humming with the murmurs from the sea.

It is ayether a cure f'r th' hives or enthers largely into th' mannyfacture iv carpet slippers.

At the same time several houses like bee-hives were perceived.

A small garden was attached, in the walls of which are still to be seen the recesses which contained Mike's bee-hives.

Above all, he had the reputation of stealing bee-hives, to which the fact of his being a bee-keeper was a sort of cover.

A wonderful humming and buzzing filled the hives, and the air vibrated with the movement of wings.

I frequently detect the same odor about my hives when the bees are making all snug against the rains, or against the millers.

Matt followed, and watched the homing and departing bees around the hives in the deep, red-clovered grass near the wall.

He found the old gentleman seated on a kind of rustic seat, in the garden, by the side of some bee-hives.

Thus it happened that the animal found itself near some hives whose occupants were changing habitations.