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bee⋅keep⋅ing

[bee-kee-ping]
–noun
the rearing and breeding of honeybees; apiculture.

Origin:
1830–40; bee 1 + keeping
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bee·keep·er   (bē'kē'pər)   
n.  See apiarist.
bee'keep·ing n.
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