beehive

1. (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.Synonyms: hive of activityfiguratively

2. (nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive.Examples: "Brian Small said that the Minister could not 'hide in the beehive any longer'"; "In New Zealand, this approach is taken one step forward in that Ministers physically sit together up in the beehive, as their building is known, rather than being based in the Departments."; "As with other major buildings the beehive demonstrated the need for a standardized building drawing practice which could be applied — and understood"New-Zealandalt-ofalternativenonstandard

3. (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.Examples: "By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:"; "Alternatively, in many cases the debris can be suppressed by perturbing the debris with a passing spaceship before it stabilizes into the beehive or loaf."; "Unfortunately, a beehive (a common six cell still life) was also created close to the block, and its position made it impossible to eliminate with conventional methods using still lifes (anything placed to destroy it would be damaged by earlier activity)."

4. (cricket) A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.