s. colmena

v. meter en la colmena

The following video provides you with the correct English pronunciation of the word "hive", to help you become a better English speaker.

colmena

(n.) = un hervidero de, un incubadero de.
Ex: The comments sections on web pages are wretched hives of scum and villainy, and the last place you'd expect to encounter the internet equivalent of a literary coterie.

(n.) = colmena.
Ex: Locust trees are planted near hives so the bees can get nectar from the flowers and make honey.
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* a hive of = un hervidero de, un incubadero de.
* be a hive of activity = ser un hervidero de actividad, bullir de actividad.
* beehive = colmena.

(v.) = separar, escindir.
Ex: Non-fiction is normally shelved according to the Dewey decimal system with perhaps a major category such as autobiography and biography hived off as a completely separate ad hoc classification.