the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > swarm of bees > hived swarm (3)
A nest of wasps, hornets, or wild bees, as distinct from the hive or skep of domestic bees. Also, the whole nestful of bees; a swarm.
A hiveful of bees, a hived swarm.
A hive of bees; a ‘stock’ of bees in or for a hive; also, a beehive. (Cf. staller, n.3)