AY Honors/Hotbed cold frame

Hotbed can mean:

• Hotbed (economics) - A hotbed is an environment conducive to rapid growth or development. Colloquially, it is often heard in the phrase, "a hotbed of activity." The term has varying, specific meanings in diverse fields, such as economics and biology.

• Hotbed (gardening) - In biology, a hotbed is a pile of decaying organic matter warmer than its surrounding due to the heat given off by the metabolism of the microorganisms in the decomposing pile. Hotbeds are used by humans for composting and keeping delicate plants warm during the winter. Some egg-laying animals use hotbeds to incubate their eggs.

• Hotbed (company) - Hotbed is also a film production company located in San Francisco, CA. Founders Unsu Lee and Stokes McIntyre named their company Hotbed because they sought to foster an environment that would facilitate the "rapid growth" and development of creative concepts for motion picture. Their vision was to be a hotbed for creative film endeavors and resources, and sometimes they felt like decaying organic matter while they struggled to get their business off the ground.