apiculture

[ ey-pi-kuhl-cher ]

/ ˈeɪ pɪˌkʌl tʃər /

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noun

beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.

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Origin of apiculture

1860–65; <Latin api(s) bee + culture

OTHER WORDS FROM apiculture

a·pi·cul·tur·al, adjectivea·pi·cul·tur·ist, noun

Words nearby apiculture

apicodental, apicoectomy, apicomplexan, A picture is worth a thousand words, apiculate, apiculture, apiculus, apiece, à pied, Apiezon, API gravity scale

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How to use apiculture in a sentence

IT is not my intention to write a treatise on apiculture, or on practical bee-keeping.
The Life of the Bee|Maurice Maeterlinck
If we were asked to name the most important desideratum in apiculture, we should say feeding.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 698|Various
The next thing in order, after purchasing bees, should be a good standard work on apiculture; and study it well.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884.|Various
The Samogitians are good hunters, and all Lithuanians are given to apiculture and cattle breeding.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

This sign occurs very frequently in the pages devoted to apiculture.
Animal Figures in the Maya Codices|Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen

British Dictionary definitions for apiculture

apiculture

/ (ˈeɪpɪˌkʌltʃə) /

noun

the breeding and care of bees

Derived forms of apiculture

apicultural, adjectiveapiculturist, noun

Word Origin for apiculture

C19: from Latin apis bee + culture

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