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单词 underhive
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underhivev.

Etymology: under- prefix1 5(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌunderˈhive.
transitive. To place (bees) in too small a hive.
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1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) v. sig. L4v The Bees may doe well enough in a middle-sized hiue: for beeing vnder-hiued, they will cast somewhat the sooner.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 207 Rather under-hive a Swarm, than over-hive them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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