Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
HIVE
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hȳf; perhaps akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa tub, Sanskrit kūpa cave Date: before 12th century
1. a container for housing honeybees, the usually aboveground nest of bees, a colony of bees, a place swarming with activity, hiveless adjective
II. verb (hived; hiving)
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb to enter and take possession of a hive, to reside in close association, transitive verb to collect into a hive, to store up in or as if in a hive