Apiary Definition

āpē-ĕrē
apiaries
noun
apiaries
A place where bees and beehives are kept, especially a place where bees are raised for their honey.
American Heritage
A place where bees are kept for their honey, generally consisting of a number of hives.
Webster's New World

A place where bees and their hives are kept.

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Other Word Forms of Apiary

Noun

Singular:
apiary
Plural:
apiaries

Origin of Apiary

  • 17th Century, from Latin apiārium, from apis (“bee”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin apiārium beehive from apis bee

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Apiary Sentence Examples

  • Having made himself proficient in practical bee-work and chosen a suitable location for his apiary, the bee-keeper should carefully select the particular type of hive most suited to his means and requirements.

  • Similar measures were adopted to check the decline of bee-keeping, and a model apiary was founded in 1890, under government control.

  • The main consideration in establishing an apiary is to secure a favourable location, which means a place where honey of good marketable quality may be gathered from the bee-forage growing around without any planting on the part of the bee-keeper himself.

  • I once visited an apiary where there were numerous cardboard boxes scattered around.

  • Before undertaking the management of a modern apiary, the bee-keeper should possess a certain amount of aptitude for the pursuit, without which it is hardly possible to succeed.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPI

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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Words Starting With A and Ending With Y

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