beekeeper
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beekeepers
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Origin of beekeeper
Explanation
A beekeeper is someone who manages bee hives and extracts honey. If you see a person wearing a white jumpsuit and a hat with a veil — and they're covered in buzzing insects — it's probably a beekeeper. If you want to get really fancy, you can call a beekeeper an apiarist. Beekeepers manage apiaries, or networks of honey bee hives. They care for the hives, making sure they are an ideal environment for the bees to live and make honey. It's also the beekeeper's job to carefully extract honeycomb without harming the bees. Many people keep bees as a hobby, yielding just a little bit of honey each year.
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Fellow beekeeper Les Latham said the team used food traps to attract the insects before monitoring the direction and timing of their flights.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A Riverside County beekeeper lost millions of bees in last week’s Verona fire and warns that the effects of the devastation will be widespread.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Funkhouser, a veteran commercial beekeeper, should have around 1,200 hives under his care.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
The locals say Agnes is the “child of a forest witch” and she is indeed extraordinary: an able herbalist, beekeeper and falconer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
She still knows more about bees than anyone who isn’t an actual beekeeper because she got so into her sixth-grade science fair project.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Two hives were initially installed and staff were recruited to train as beekeepers.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Brandon Teller, one of the county’s most prominent beekeepers, saw a Watch Duty fire notification on May 19 and headed straight to his apiary.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
In a lot behind a disused West Virginia gas station at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Roy Funkhouser is surrounded by about a dozen beekeepers and countless buzzing bees.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
To combat infestations, beekeepers often rely on chemical treatments, but these solutions can become less effective over time.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
“We beekeepers tag every bee. See that one?” she said, pointing.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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