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apiarist

American  
[ey-pee-uh-rist] / ˈeɪ pi ə rɪst /

noun

  1. a person who keeps an apiary.


apiarist British  
/ ˈeɪpɪərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who studies or keeps bees

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of apiarist

First recorded in 1810–20; apiar(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

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She became a chemist, and eventually an apiarist and master gardener.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Her father, a fifth-generation apiarist, started the family’s bee garden, a large collection of hives, in Almere in the 1970s.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Six years ago, Tucson native and sommelier Noel Patterson began amateur beekeeping after receiving a hive as a gift from a skilled local apiarist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2021

Mike Hansen, the state apiarist who oversees commercial bee inspections, said unofficial estimates of the number of people in Michigan with beehives on rooftops and in backyards range from about 3,000 to 10,000.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2018

They will, therefore, to use the picturesque expression of the apiarist, "ball "the queenly intruder; in other words, they will entirely surround her with their innumerable interlaced bodies.

From The Life of the Bee by Sutro, Alfred