beekeeping

American  

[bee-kee-ping] / ˈbiˌki pɪŋ /

noun

1. the rearing and breeding of honeybees; apiculture.

---

Etymology

Origin of beekeeping

First recorded in 1830–40; bee ¹ + keeping

Example Sentences

The die-off was underway before the rise in popularity of urban beekeeping and is probably caused by threats to habitat, chemical stress and maybe even climate change, not honeybees.

From Washington Post

Lentini, now 54, still lives in Carmagnola and plays billiards - his great passion - with the people he grew up with, and recently tried his hand at beekeeping.

From BBC

And although Ms. May initially took a beekeeping class to learn how to make honey at home, this goal became less urgent when she became filled with awe as a student.

From New York Times

“What use is importing foreign breeds,” Götze wrote in a beekeeping magazine in 1938, “if our local German bee is lost?”

From New York Times

Slater, the primatologist at the University of Liverpool, said that for years environmental officials and non-profits have been trying to convince people to stop raising livestock and instead switch to beekeeping to preserve the forest.

From Seattle Times