1. An artificial receptacle for the habitation of a swarm of bees; a beehive.
Originally made, in a conical or dome-like form, of straw or the like, but now often a square box, constructed with movable compartments or other arrangements for the removal of the honey.

2. (fig.) A storehouse of sweet things.

3. (transf.)
a. A place swarming with busy occupants.
b. A place whence swarms of people issue; the nursery of a teeming race.
c. The abode of any gregarious domestic animal.
d. (spec.) A breeding-place for oysters.

4.
a. A hiveful of bees, a hived swarm.
b. (transf.) A swarming or teeming multitude.

5. Something of the shape or structure of a beehive:
a. A head-covering of platted straw.
b. A capsule or case containing many cells.

Hence
hiveless a. , destitute of a hive.
hiveward adv. , towards the hive.