What does mother-hive mean?
Mother-hive means the principal or source hive of a colony of bees.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
the principal or source hive of a colony of bees.
A mother-hive of bees is 24 pence in value.
[John Whitman] came over in the True Love in 1640 to America and lived in Weymouth, Mass., which place became the mother-hive of the New Englanders of the name.
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Mother-hive means the principal or source hive of a colony of bees.
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A mother-hive of bees is 24 pence in value.
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