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[ bee-kee-per ] / ˈbiˌki pər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beekeeper ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who raises honeybees; apiculturist. Origin of beekeeperFirst recorded in 1810–20; bee1 + keeper Words nearby beekeeperbeehive round, Beehive State, beehive tomb, bee in one's bonnet, beek, beekeeper, beekeeping, bee killer, beeline, Beelzebub, bee martin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beekeeperWhen his grandfather died, he left Burt a small sum of money, which the beekeeper used to purchase a plot of land in rural Maine. Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions|Marlow Stern|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Burt called on his beekeeper pal, who scooped up the bees from the fencepost with his bare hands, and dumped them into a hive. Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions|Marlow Stern|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST She was expelled from the science academy where she worked and then made her living as a beekeeper and translator. The Spy in My Bed|Bob Jamieson|October 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST The beekeeper closes the hive, chalks a mark on it, and when he has time tears out its contents and burns it clean. War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy
Southwest Texas is a sort of beekeeper's paradise and only a part of it has been occupied as yet. Bee Hunting|John Ready Lockard When the beekeeper is collecting the bees from the bough they have settled on, he need not fear them. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck|Jethro Bithell Given three pure Italian queens to start with, a beekeeper may easily re-queen his whole bee-yard in the course of a year. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916|Various Greenford, near Harrow-on-the-Hill, had quite recently a worthy inhabitant who was a gardener and presumably a beekeeper also. In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious|W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
British Dictionary definitions for beekeeper
nouna person who keeps bees for their honey; apiarist Derived forms of beekeeperbeekeeping, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beekeeperapiarist, apiculturist |