Any reliable way to find hives?

[VoiD]

Just spent the last 4 hours in a large world trying, made a run all the way down to the underworld digging and using 90 dynamite on my way, didn't get a single one so far =/

[Seph]

Hives? as in bee hives?
The underground jungle man thats where they are.

[LilithFox]

Suggestion: Use Spunker Potion. I bet you will find it anytime.

[Ember]

If theres tiny pools of honey randomly then you are close to a hive, when I see that I just try to search all the nearby tunnels to try to find it.

If you have a Rod Of Dischord then you can try to teleport into one when you see honey nearby.

I have no idea if this works, but the larva just might light up if you have a spelunker/dangersense potion.

Aside from those methods and digging tunnels there's no good way to find them that I can think of.
Edit: Just read that the Dangersense potion does highlight honey blocks, which would help with finding hives.

[loser]

just go to the jungle and start digging

eventually you'll find some

[Kraleck]

You first need to realize how large a Large World actually is. Finding anything quickly in a Large World usually involves having been there before. Otherwise, you just need to spend a loooooooooooong time exploring.

You will (on average) find 3, 5, or 7 Hives (depending on World Size) as long as the World you're using was created at or after the 1.2 Update. Dangersense Potions will highlight Honey Blocks, as Tuxedo St3v3 mentioned (craft at a placed Bottle with 1 Bottled Water + 1 Shiverthorn + 10 Cobweb).

My recommendation: Just dig pits straight down every half-to-three-quarters of a screen and straight across every screen-and-a-half. This is made easier with a GPS Accessory.