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DailyWord
July 25, 2009, 03:20 AM
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for July 25, 2009

colmena (feminine noun (la)) — hive, beehive. Look up colmena in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/colmena)

Arrojé una piedra a una colmena de abejas y corrí.
I threw a rock at a beehive and ran.

bobjenkins
July 25, 2009, 04:36 AM
¡Que raro¡ Hoy miré la película "el espíritu de la colmena" :)

ROBINDESBOIS
July 25, 2009, 05:08 AM
mirar no ver, es decir Hoy ví la película.

laepelba
July 25, 2009, 05:11 AM
Is it necessary to say "de abejas", or is that understood?

irmamar
July 25, 2009, 08:26 AM
"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 :confused:

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