hive vs skep

hive

noun
  • A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. 

  • A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. 

  • The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. 

  • A section of the registry. 

verb
  • To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive. 

  • To collect (bees) into a hive. 

  • Of insects: to enter or possess a hive. 

  • To form a hive-like entity. 

  • To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body. 

skep

noun
  • A beehive made of straw or wicker. 

  • A basket. 

How often have the words hive and skep occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )