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Hive

Hive

1. (Science: zoology) a box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.

2. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of roman liars. (Tennyson)

Origin: oe. Hive, huve, as. Hfe.


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Sugar Allergy

... know yet ... My eyelids swell and itch and my neck , inside my throat,my scalp my cheeks,in my ears ,nose drips and itch, , my side of hip gets hives ,my inner thighs loses patch hair and hives begin, around my hands lose hair and up just above my ankles,my back itches and can hive too. My testies, ...

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by HypnomanceR
Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:41 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Sugar Allergy
Replies: 71
Views: 68528

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Why would that be good? Have you ever been to New Orleans? In the words of Obi Wan Kenobi, "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

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by alextemplet
Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:18 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Age of Man
Replies: 31
Views: 4102

Wait just a second...yeah...sounds like celiac disease

... described from your stomach is your immune system damaging your intestine! The other swelling that you described in other parts of your body is a hive reaction to the allergy. If a number of the following symptoms sound familiar, I would recommend immediately switching to a completely celiac free ...

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by ladykat324
Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:10 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 485968

Infectious Disease_Parasites... appropriate treatment?Ideas?

I have been sick off and on for the past ~3 years, and since November have been breaking out in severe hives all over my body. In May, at the end of my rope, I paid to see an integrative medicine specialist. (I had already been to a number of ID, Derm, GI, GP, etc) He diagnosed ...

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by eak12
Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:22 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Infectious Disease_Parasites... appropriate treatment?Ideas?
Replies: 2
Views: 657

altruism and evolution

Examine relatedness of bees in a hive.

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by mith
Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:10 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: altruism and evolution
Replies: 13
Views: 2254
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