beekeeping

[bee-kee-ping]

noun

1. the rearing and breeding of honeybees; apiculture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beekeeping¹

First recorded in 1830–40; bee ¹ + keeping

Example Sentences

Koeller said the association provided information challenging what she felt was an ambiguous zoning code to the city, arguing that beekeeping was not in violation and exceptions should be made.

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Eugene Ottinger is one of Nevermore Academy's quirkier students and president of the school's beekeeping club, which is where he first befriends Wednesday.

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Growing up in upstate New York, they were kept busy at home by their mother, Ruth, with a variety of activities that included crocheting, knitting, doing embroidery, building walls, planting trees and even beekeeping.

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Ms Millington's challenges have so far also included barefoot running, blacksmithing, beekeeping and busking on the streets of York in a turkey outfit playing Christmas songs on a kazoo.

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Or, as the series begins, beekeeping, as we see Meghan out harvesting honey, donned in a full beekeepers' outfit.

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