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单词 superhive
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superhiven.

Brit. /ˈsuːpəhʌɪv/, /ˈsjuːpəhʌɪv/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌhaɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, hive n.
Etymology: < super- prefix + hive n. Compare earlier superhive v.
Bee-keeping.
A removable upper compartment of a hive, usually separated from the brood chamber by a queen excluder, in which worker bees store honey and which may be detached and the honey extracted when full. Cf. super n.6
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1847 R. Golding Shilling Bee Bk. 34 When..it is found that the combs of a super hive are well filled, and pretty much sealed up, it may be removed.
1855 Poultry Chron. 2 514 The cap or super-hive may be removed once or twice during the summer, with from 20 to 40 lbs. of honey.
1868 J. W. Pagden £70 a-Year 29 At what date they took to the super hive, and how much honey it contained when last examined, [etc.].
1922 Sugar Feb. 90/2 Towards the closing down of the active period, or when the rainy period commences, put a full depth super hive over the brood chamber, or lower story.
2009 G. Budd One Miracle after Another (2010) x. 115 Loading 85 superhives in a truck, he traveled several hours to the mountains where abundant fields of clover had provided him many years of the finest honey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

superhivev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, hive v.
Etymology: < super- prefix + hive v. Compare later superhive n.
Bee-keeping. Obsolete.
transitive. To locate (a swarm of bees) in a removable upper compartment of a hive; to place such a compartment on top of (a hive). rare.
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1796 J. Keys Antient Bee-Master's Farewell xxii. 176 Take the combs out, and save the brood; or if the honey or brood be small in quantity, reserve the hive as it was left, to super-hive a stock next year, or to put a swarm in.
1796 J. Keys Antient Bee-Master's Farewell Explan. Terms p. xiv Super-hive, to set one Hive above another.
1847 R. Golding Shilling Bee Bk. 34 A stock hive, well furnished with worker combs, should be superhived as long as its tenants prosper.

Derivatives

superhiving n.
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1827 E. Bevan Honey-bee xxi. 172 This has induced me to enter into a descriptive detail of the whole business of super-hiving, nadir-hiving, and deprivation.
1884 J. Phin Dict. Apiculture 70 Super-hiving, the opposite of Nadir-hiving.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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