beekeeper

[ bee-kee-per ]
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noun
  1. a person who raises honeybees; apiculturist.

Origin of beekeeper

1
First recorded in 1810–20; bee1 + keeper

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How to use beekeeper in a sentence

  • Older beekeepers, both on the farm and professional men, also are beginning to study beekeeping.

  • For the bulk of beekeepers cellar wintering in Minnesota is to be recommended.

  • All through the South there are openings for beekeepers and it will be a long time yet before all openings are filled.

    Bee Hunting | John Ready Lockard
  • Parts of Pennsylvania are open to good beekeepers and so are portions of Michigan, one of the leading states of the Union.

    Bee Hunting | John Ready Lockard

British Dictionary definitions for beekeeper

beekeeper

/ (ˈbiːˌkiːpə) /


noun
  1. a person who keeps bees for their honey; apiarist

Derived forms of beekeeper

  • beekeeping, noun

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