apiculture
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- apicultural adjective
- apiculturist noun
Etymology
Origin of apiculture
1860–65; < Latin api ( s ) bee + culture
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
And thus, in a few years, the methods of apiculture underwent a radical change.
From The Life of the Bee by Sutro, Alfred
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