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apiarian

[ ey-pee-air-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. relating to bees or to the breeding and care of bees.


apiarian

/ ˌeɪpɪˈɛərɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the breeding and care of bees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apiarian1

First recorded in 1795–1805; apiary + -an
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Example Sentences

Bees are important, but Mr Obama would not be so interested in apiarian workers if he were able to effect more change for the human sort.

To the initiated in apiarian research, “The Management of Bees” cannot fail to be highly interesting.

The apiarian, or bee-owner, should have his hives in readiness, and in their places in the apiary, with the drawers in their chambers bottom up, so as to prevent entrance.

It might have been efficacious if the subaltern had been engaging in apiarian operations, but as far as present events went it was a "frost."

Not even a drone, indeed; for a drone is a most duty-full bee, and a most respectable member of the apiarian republic.

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