English-Spanish translations for hive

• colmena
  Para un país como Francia, ello representa una ayuda de 14 millones de francos, es decir, para 1.434.000 colmenas, 10 francos por colmena. For a country like France, that means 14 million francs in aid, 10 francs per hive (there are 1 434 000).
  Por último, pero no menos importante, tenemos la capacidad de determinar el número de colmenas que hay. Last, but by no means least, we have a capacity to determine the number of hives that are out there.
  Esta resolución contiene un verdadero grito de alarma en cuanto a la situación deplorable de los apicultores y sus colmenas. That resolution contains a real cry for help regarding the deplorable situation of beekeepers and their hives.

Definition of hive

• A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees
• The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees
• A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd
• A section of the registry
• To enter or possess a hive
• To collect into a hive
• To store in a hive or similarly
• To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body

Examples

• to hive a swarm of bees

Related words

• hives