What does "hive" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
2. 3.To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
3. 4.To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
4. 5.To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.