apiary
Americannoun
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apiaries
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of apiary
1645–55; < Latin apiārium beehive, equivalent to api ( s ) bee + -ārium -ary
Explanation
An apiary is a structure for keeping bees. If you love to eat fresh honey and don't have access to a farmer's market, you might consider building an apiary in your backyard. Apiaries have nothing to do with apes! Rather, the word derives from apis, the Latin word for "bee." Humans have raised bees for their honey for thousands of years; the oldest known apiaries were built by ancient Egyptians. The word itself didn't appear until the 1650s, around the time that apiarists, or beekeepers, started constructing apiaries resembling the ones in current use. Today, there are apiaries of various sizes on every continent and in every U.S. state.
Vocabulary lists containing apiary
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Gray said she hopes the findings will be useful to beekeepers while planning their apiary management strategies, as well as be a springboard for future studies.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
The farm also has an apiary operation that produces incredible honey, two rescue steers, and a smattering of laying hens.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
Once the weather warms up, Davis plans to take them to his apiary in Thermal, where he will release them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
"In every apiary we have there will always be one white box - just one white. Those are ones Willie Smith made himself after the First World War," Mr Hood said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023
After this the hive is to be placed in the apiary, cemented round the bottom, and covered from the wet at top.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
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
The plan was equally straightforward: Community-owned farms would feed everyone and fund additional industries, including apiaries, hatcheries, canneries, smithies, brickyards and even a film studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
If Popeyes is a Louisiana kitchen, with its roots in Cajun country, then Honeymoon Chicken has set up camp next to America’s apiaries.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
Great and productive apiaries arose on every side.
From The Life of the Bee by Alfred Sutro
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