The opening by which an animal enters or leaves its nest, burrow, etc.; esp. the entrance of a beehive.

The stand of a beehive. ? Obsolete.

The rim or base of a bell or beehive.

A conical straw cover used to protect a beehive from the weather. Now historical.

A hole or opening at the foot of a wall, the bottom of a fence or hedge, etc., esp. one allowing the passage of hares, rabbits, or sheep; a narrow…

A piece added on, to eke out, lengthen out, or enlarge something. (Cf. imp, v. 5.) dialect. An addition to a beehive consisting of a wreath or…

Applied to various parts of mechanism which form a solid support or base, on which other parts rest… A support for a beehive. Obsolete.

A round piece of wood within the top of a beehive. Obsolete.

= eke, n.1 2b.

The roofing on a beehive; = hackle, n.1 3a.

The hole forming the entrance to a beehive.

An instrument or utensil of which the frame or border is an important part. A removable (usually rectangular) structural element which holds a sheet…

Applied to various things serving for a covering, capping, or protection, or resembling a hood in shape or use. The straw covering of a beehive.

a board attached to a beehive on which bees can alight; a similar board in a henhouse.

= brood box n. at brood, n. compounds 2.

A removable upper compartment of a hive, usually separated from the brood chamber by a queen excluder, in which worker bees store honey and which may…

= superhive, n.

A layer of thick material placed over the frames of a beehive to prevent draughts and contain the bees.

a metal screen with holes large enough for worker honeybees to pass through but too small to allow the passage of the queen, used to exclude the…

(see quot.).

the main, lower part of a beehive in which the queen lives and the brood is reared; a brood box or brood chamber; cf. body box n. at body, n.…