apiary
noun
a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
apiaries
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pluralof apiary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Grozinger noted that in managed apiaries, honey bee colonies are often placed very close together, and the bees can transmit viruses by drifting into each other's colonies or by foraging on the same flowers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
At the time of the first theft, he said he went to check on two of his apiaries and found the brood boxes, which contained the queens, were missing.
From BBC ● May 16, 2023
He spends most of his days tending eight apiaries around Los Angeles, but he doesn’t sell honey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Many of them are actually mobile apiaries, moving around the continent throughout the growing season, depending on what is blooming when and where.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2019
I have had for several years, three apiaries about two miles apart, averaging in spring a little more than fifty in each.
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby
