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apiarian, a. and n.|eɪpɪˈɛərɪən|
[f. L. apiārium bee-house, apiāri-us bee-keeper + -an.]
A. adj. Pertaining to bee-hives or bee-keeping.
1801(title) Transactions of the Western Apiarian Society. 1816Kirby & Spence Entomol. (1843) II. 168 These apiarian battles are often fought in defence of the property of the hive. 1871Athenæum 27 May 658 All the apiarian works which were written.
B. n. = apiarist. rare.
1858Penny Cycl. 2nd Supp. 680/2 The dust of the common puff-ball..used by Apiarians for stupefying bees. |