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a⋅pi⋅ar⋅y

[ey-pee-er-ee]
–noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
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.

Origin:
1645–55; < L apiārium beehive, equiv. to api(s) bee + -ārium -ary
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a·pi·ar·y   (ā'pē-ěr'ē)   
n.   pl. a·pi·ar·ies
A place where bees and beehives are kept, especially a place where bees are raised for their honey.

[Latin apiārium, beehive, from apis, bee.]
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Word Origin & History

apiary 
1654, from L. apiarium, neut. of apiarius "of bees," from apis "bee," a mystery word unrelated to any similar words in other I.E. languages.
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