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apiary|ˈeɪpɪərɪ| [ad. L. apiāri-um bee-house, f. api-s bee: see -ary.] A place where bees are kept; a bee-house.
1654Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 307 Transparent apiaries, which he had built like castles and palaces. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 66 A smell of Honey and Wax, as strong as if one had been in an Apiary. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy vi. 18 He had pitched into a small apiary, and had upset two hives of bees. |