English
superhive
From super- + hive.
Proto-Indo-European *kew- ‘to bend, curve’
Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- ‘water vessel’
Proto-West Germanic *hūfi ‘beehive’
Old English hȳf ‘beehive’
Middle English hyve
English hive
Today it means
noun An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / superhive