beehive vs receptacle

beehive and receptacle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beehive	Yes	No	No	No
receptacle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, receptacle is a hypernym of beehive; that is, receptacle is a word with a broader meaning than beehive:

beehive (noun)	receptacle (noun)
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees	a container that is used to put or keep things in
any workplace where people are very busy	an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
a hairdo resembling a beehive	enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree