hiving
Collecting into colonies
Hiving is the act of putting bees into a hive, or more broadly, storing or collecting things together as bees do with honey.
Figuratively, it describes gathering people or things into a group or enclosed space: The workers were hiving into the factory at shift change.
In business contexts, hiving off means separating a subsidiary or division from a parent company.
Hive-keeping grounds
- swarmMass of moving insects
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- droneUnmanned flying machine
worker · brood · comb · frame · smoker · beekeeper · extractor · veil
Gathering in large numbers
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- splittingDividing into parts
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
- colonizingOccupying and controlling territory
gathering · migrating · settling · aggregating · reproducing · establishing · departing · dividing
Isolating thoughts or feelings
- separatingDividing into parts
- partitioningDividing into sections
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- storingKeeping for future use
segmenting · archiving · categorizing · sorting · allocating · sequestering · stockpiling
Jointly organized group
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- unityWholeness through cohesion
coordination · cooperation · interconnected · networked · distributed · groupthink · buzzing · industriousness
apiary
Hive-keeping grounds
drone · worker · brood · comb · frame · smoker · beekeeper · extractor · veil · larvae
swarming
Gathering in large numbers
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- splittingDividing into parts
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
colonizing · gathering · migrating · settling · aggregating · reproducing · establishing · departing · dividing · relocating
compartmentalizing
Isolating thoughts or feelings
- separatingDividing into parts
- partitioningDividing into sections
- organizingSystematically putting in order
storing · segmenting · archiving · categorizing · sorting · allocating · sequestering · stockpiling
collective
Jointly organized group
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
unity · coordination · cooperation · interconnected · networked · distributed · groupthink · buzzing · industriousness
hivingreleasing
Allowing to escape
dispersing · scattering · freeing · liberating · loosing
hivingmerging
Blending into one
consolidating · integrating · combining · unifying · amalgamating
hivingdepleting
Progressively using up
dispersing · spending · dissipating · distributing · squandering
- hiving offSeparating into independent parts