beekeepernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbiːˌkiː.pər/us/ˈbiːˌkiː.pɚ/someone who keeps bees in order to produce honey
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who work with animals
- apiarist
- cowboy
- cowgirl
- cowherd
- cowman
- dogcatcher
- drove
- gaucho
- goatherd
- herder
- herdsman
- jackaroo
- jillaroo
- shepherd
- shepherdess
- stable boy
beekeeping
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbiːˌkiː.pɪŋ/us/ˈbiːˌkiː.pɪŋ/
Examples from literature
- During the last fifteen years men with new methods of management and modern equipment have been rapidly superseding the picturesque old beekeepers.
- If not already done the beekeeper should at once make his final preparations towards a successful wintering of bees.
- The old fashioned beekeeper with his hybrid bees, kept in immovable hives, logs or boxes, did not derive much profit from his bees.
- The practical beekeeper must decide at the beginning of the honey season whether he wishes to produce extracted honey, comb honey or merely to increase the number of his colonies.
- The price of queens will be fifty cents for one, and not more than three will be furnished to each beekeeper.