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Apiarist

Apiarist \A"pi*a*rist\, n. One who keeps an apiary.

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apiarist

1816; see apiary + -ist.

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apiarist

n. beekeeper

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apiarist

n. a farmer who keeps bees for their honey [syn: beekeeper, apiculturist]

Usage examples of "apiarist".

Though I am, as I have said, an apiarist in good standing, I never realised that there were so many bees in the world.

The reason the honey was so universally prized did not lie in the flowers the bees visited, but in the fact that Hymettan apiarists never smoked their hives when gathering the honey.

It is recommended that recruitment of apiarists be prioritised and that bee delivery systems be investigated and developed.

The reason the honey was so universally prized did not lie in the flowers the bees visited, but in the fact that Hymettan apiarists never smoked their hives when gathering the honey.