mother-hive

Meanings:

• 1.

  Globaltechnicalneutral
  • The principal or parent beehive in an apiary that contains the queen and serves as the source of swarms, nuclei, or brood.

• 2.

  Globalliteraryinformal
  • A central source or origin from which related groups, ideas, or populations arise; the main or originating colony or organization.