Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who engages in apiculture, or the breeding, care, and improvement of bees.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
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- noun
beekeeper
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- noun a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hive losses during the winter months have always been a problem for commercial beekeepers, explains Eric Mussen, an apiculturist and researcher at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis.
Kaitlin Keleher: Zen and the Art of Beekeeping Backwards: LA's Urban Beekeeping Movement Kaitlin Keleher 2010
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Even though the bees did all the work, I felt like I was quite the apiculturist.
Earl The Bee Man & My First Hive Herrick Kimball 2005
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Even though the bees did all the work, I felt like I was quite the apiculturist.
Archive 2005-07-01 Herrick Kimball 2005
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-- There will be a number of demonstrations at the farm, one by Prof. Francis Jager, the apiculturist, at 11: 30 o'clock, at the Apiary Building.
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UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen said bees are still available, though they are more expensive.
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UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen said bees are still available, though they are more expensive.
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Yet the advantage of honeybees is that it's the only species that can be managed, cultivated and moved to where needed for pollination, said B.C.'s apiculturist Paul van Westendorp.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHANNON MONEO 2011
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UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen said bees are still available, though they are more expensive.
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Yet the advantage of honeybees is that it's the only species that can be managed, cultivated and moved to where needed for pollination, said B.C.'s apiculturist Paul van Westendorp.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHANNON MONEO 2011
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UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen said bees are still available, though they are more expensive.
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