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Quotes About Hives

I can't wrangle bees. I'm terrified of stinging insects. Literally. I break out in hives." "Hives! That's adorbs, right?
~ Mary Kay Andrews
simple point is that institutions are to humans what hives are to bees. They are the structures within which we organize ourselves as groups. You know when you are inside one, just as a bee knows when it is in the hive. Institutions have boundaries, often walls. And, crucially, they have rules.
~ Niall Ferguson
What do you call a pig with laryngitis? Disgruntled. Why do bees stay in their hives during winter? Swarm. Why is "dark" spelled with a k and not c? Because you can't see in the dark.
~ Old Farmer's Almanac