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apiary
[ ey-pee-er-ee ]
noun
- a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
apiary
/ ˈeɪpɪərɪ /
noun
- a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives
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Origin of apiary1
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Example Sentences
He came to the Waldorf two years ago from a hotel in Toronto, where he ran a similar rooftop garden and apiary.
Observations multiplied ad nauseam have taught me where to find the males and where the females in this apiary.
At first I liked to sit for hours in the apiary all alone and listen to their humming for hours together.
If there are no small trees near the apiary, place bushes, upon which the bees will usually light, when they come out.
In the apiary it was so comfortable, so pleasant, so warm, so free!
I have not yet forgotten the first apiary I saw, where I learned to love the bees.
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