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Recent Examples of hive
Micheline Maynard, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
The rain and floodwater most likely destroyed the insects’ underground hives and toppled trees or stumps that held nests, said Chris Hayes, an expert with North Carolina State University.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
The queen lives to lay eggs, the only bee in the hive of say, eighty thousand, who does so.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
Photo: Dani Benton Our work on the honeybee farm includes hive health inspections, monitoring colony growth, building hive boxes and, of course, harvesting and processing honey.
—Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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The platform works with a small device, which features nine sensors and can be placed inside hives to monitor bee activity, track visits to flowers, and measure environmental conditions.
—Micheline Maynard, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
The rain and floodwater most likely destroyed the insects’ underground hives and toppled trees or stumps that held nests, said Chris Hayes, an expert with North Carolina State University.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
The queen lives to lay eggs, the only bee in the hive of say, eighty thousand, who does so.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
Photo: Dani Benton Our work on the honeybee farm includes hive health inspections, monitoring colony growth, building hive boxes and, of course, harvesting and processing honey.
—Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
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Vlorë, Albania Albania is a digital nomad’s playground—where stunning coastlines meet mountain escapes, all while the cost of living is a fraction of most global cities.Chloe Berger, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
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For Lego's 90th anniversary, the company built a playground in Harlem, New York, based on ideas from children participating in its Build the Change program.Megan Cunningham, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Around 7 o'clock, mall walkers silently swarm the building, meticulously tracing every nook of the perimeter.Alina Selyukh, NPR, 28 Nov. 2024
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Nevertheless, all the usual suspects swarmed social media in force to insist that Banda’s Footballer of the Year award represents everything wrong with sports by misgendering and maligning her.Samantha Riedel, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
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London is a veritable hotbed of museums, galleries and cultural attractions, so exhibitions in the capital tend to get the Lion’s share of coverage.Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Already in Shasta County, a hotbed of far-right nonsense, these watchers have videotaped, followed and harassed county workers so much that 10 of 21 workers in the elections office have quit, according to CalMatters.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Thankfully, Lena flashed her smartwatch at the CCTV camera as Kael was herding out of the hotel with a gun to her back, and the team’s able to track it to where she’s being held.EW.com, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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At times, the presenters were drowned out by the goading of a sole counter-protestor herded by police officers to the sidewalk along Lincoln Street.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
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Michigan has been a hot spot of U.S. politics as one of the swing states that shifted right and delivered a narrow victory for President-elect Donald Trump.David K. Li, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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This West Allis Kwik Trip location has been a hot spot for lottery wins in 2024.Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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Nearly 35 million new users have flocked to Instagram’s Threads this month as the Meta platform seeks to capture users leaving X and keep an edge over emerging platform Bluesky.Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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In the same way that more educated, blue-state Americans gave Donald Trump a second look during the 2024 election, many high-income shoppers — who previously might've shopped elsewhere — are flocking to Walmart's 4,600 U.S. stores.Nathan Bomey, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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During a recent night out in New York City, Tom Holland had to intervene when fans and photographers began to throng too aggressively around his girlfriend, Euphoria star Zendaya.EW.com, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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In bulk, though, their presence makes The Bear feel like an undiscovered neighborhood gem that suddenly got huge, and now its quiet little tables are full of celebrities thronging to be seen (and win guest-starring Emmy roles).Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Harvesting too early on immature beds also affects the maturation of the rice kernels over time, officials said.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
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With unified signals from both the program and the underlying infrastructure, the SRE can track error rates by kernel version to ensure the roll-out doesn’t impact end applications.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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