apiculture
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Origin of apiculture
1860–65; < Latin api ( s ) bee + culture
Explanation
Apiculture is the practice of keeping bees as well as the manufacturing of honey and beeswax. Winnie-the-Pooh would have been thrilled to have a neighbor into apiculture, or the tending of bees and their honey. The practice dates back tens of thousands of years, and among the famous beekeepers in history were the Roman poet Vergil; the drafter of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson; and the boxer Muhammad Ali. The heavyweight Ali must have known how to bee-have, so he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”!
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Example Sentences
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Dipping a pedicured toe into apiculture feels like the next logical step and is typical of the lifestyle programming “With Love, Meghan” recreates.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
The rise of apiculture and cheap, easily available alternative sweeteners have caused demand for wild honey drop, according to Wood.
From National Geographic • Jan. 17, 2024
This record of their work is likely to have lasting implications for our understanding of bees, their roles in ecosystems and the future of apiculture.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022
About 10,000 years ago artists depicted apiculture on the walls of Spanish caves, and, centuries after that, demand for bees wax and honey drove commerce across the empires of ancient Greece and Rome.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2018
French settlers, persuade the Cubans to enlarge their sugar plantations, 4; large emigration of, in 1765, 61; they introduce the art of apiculture, 61.
From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard
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