| 单词 | apiary |
| 释义 | apiary (once / 16742 pages) n An apiary is a structure for keeping bees. If you love to eat fresh honey and don't have access to a farmer's market, you might consider building an apiary in your back yard. Apiaries have nothing to do with apes! Rather, the word derives from apis, the Latin word for bee. Nowadays, apiary is one of those farm-related words that is slipping out of our common vocabulary as we leave the culture of the small farm behind. But as chefs and slow food activists reintroduce locally farmed food back into our diets, apiarists will reemerge to raise honey from apiaries and sell it to us all. And maybe that will help us remember what that word actually means. WORD FAMILYapiary: apiarian, apiaries, apiarist+/apiarist: apiarists USAGE EXAMPLESAs the managing director of Haines Apiaries in Kaitaia he has watched the boom happen in front of his eyes. The Guardian(Nov 03, 2016) He keeps a bee farm, an apiary, on the West End of Galveston, and sells honey products in downtown Galveston on Sunday mornings. Washington Times(Nov 01, 2016) The infestation had been widespread, a small pod was even discovered in our yard, near the apiary. Nature(Oct 25, 2016) n a shed containing a number of beehives Syn|Hyper bee house shed an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage |
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