单词 | apiculture |
释义 | apiculture (once / 303060 pages) n Apiculture is the practice of keeping bees as well as the manufacturing of honey and beeswax. Winnie-the-Pooh would have been thrilled to have a neighbor into apiculture, or the tending of bees and their honey. The practice dates back tens of thousands of years, and among the famous beekeepers in history were the Roman poet Vergil; the drafter of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson; and the boxer Muhammad Ali. The heavyweight Ali must have known how to bee-have, so he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”! WORD FAMILYapiculture: apiculturist USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a working group on apiculture and bee health within the European Parliament, the alliance’s legislative arm. Washington Post(Aug 18, 2016) Plans to increase apiculture, or beekeeping, are also on government leaders' minds. Scientific American(Nov 20, 2012) Apiculture in Turkey is in a very rude condition. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) n the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey Syn|Hyper beekeeping cultivation (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) |
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