Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.
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Hive
//haɪv//
Synonyms for "hive" (142 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- рой noun (bees of one hive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蜂群 noun (bees of one hive)
Czech
2 entries- roj noun (bees of one hive)
- úl noun (place swarming with busy occupants)
Finnish
4 entries- hive noun (computing: section of the registry)
- mehiläisparvi noun (bees of one hive)
- muurahaispesä noun (place swarming with busy occupants)
- rakenne noun (computing: section of the registry)
Polish
1 entries- rój noun (bees of one hive)
Russian
1 entries- рой noun (bees of one hive)
Spanish
2 entries- enjambre noun (bees of one hive)
- enjambre noun (place swarming with busy occupants)
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Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
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You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
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