We have gotten into a marvellous discussion about the word “hive” here at home.  Is it a food word, as frying-pan is?  We have already made the “sentient beings are friends, not food” call when mentioning bees and delved into the question of bees and dairy cattle with vigour.

For today, we will skip “hive” yet include “bee”.

• 7.023 and hives of great fierce bees,
• 7.025 Bees were busy everywhere.
• 7.025 and such bees!
• 7.031 The noise of the giant bees flying to