Both. A hive is an artificial home that a beekeeper provides for his bees.. A swarm of bees is a huge cloud of bees which occurs naturally during the bee reproducing process.
Usually about half of the bees in the hive leave in a swarm. The average hive can peak at around 60,000 bees, so it is reasonable to expect a swarm to be anything up to about 30,000 bees.
A Colony Of Bees A Hive Of Bees A Swarm Of Bees ( If They Are Flying Together )
In the hive , when they attack, or when they swarm.
Wasps Bees and Hornets
A swarm
A swarm or a colony - a hive is the name of their home.
A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
It depends on where the swarm is to begin with. If the beekeeper is hoping to attract a flying swarm, he/she will set up a bait hive and hope to entice a swarm to enter the hive. If he/she has already collected a swarm from somewhere, he/she will have it in a box. If that is the case he/she has two options. 1) just shake the bees into the top of the hive and then put the roof back on or 2) make a little ramp up to the hive entrance, tip the bees out of the box and on to the ramp and they will probably just walk into the hive.
A grist of bees is the same as a swarm of bees. Other collective nouns used for bees are cluster, hive, and nest.
A colony when in a hive, or a swarm when hanging in a cluster from a tree branch.
A group pf bees is called a colony - or a swarm (if they're outside the hive).
A collection of bees inside a space is called a hive. If they collect outside, such as on a tree branch or the side of a building, they are called a swarm