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colmena (feminine noun (la)) — hive, beehive. Look up colmena in the dictionary

Arrojé una piedra a una colmena de abejas y corrí.
I threw a rock at a beehive and ran.
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Old July 25, 2009, 04:36 AM
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¡Que raro¡ Hoy miré la película "el espíritu de la colmena"
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mirar no ver, es decir Hoy ví la película.
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Is it necessary to say "de abejas", or is that understood?
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"Colmena" is enough, you don't need add "de abejas". For wasps "nido" is used: un nido de avispas.

Dicen que las abejas en enjambre no pican, pero yo no me fío

La Colmena es una obra de Camilo José Cela, premio Nobel.
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