apiarist

[ ey-pee-uh-rist ]

noun

1. a person who keeps an apiary.

apiarist

/ ˈeɪpɪərɪst /

noun

1. a person who studies or keeps bees

Word History and Origins

Origin of apiarist¹

First recorded in 1810–20; apiar(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

The big migration usually begins in January, with apiarists hauling hive-laden pallets to orchards on flatbed trucks and hoisting them off with forklifts.

From Popular-Science

An apiarist, he lives in Austin, with his wife, Lorin, their three children, and a hyperactive bird dog named Biscuit.

From The Daily Beast

Grelet was a skilled apiarist, and replenished his melliferous flocks by wild swarms enticed from the forests.

From Project Gutenberg

LET us rather consider the proceedings of the swarm the apiarist shall have gathered into his hive.

From Project Gutenberg

Though I am, as I have said, an apiarist in good standing, I never realised that there were so many bees in the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Ernest Scholl, now Assistant and Apiarist, has furnished material as shown herein.

From Project Gutenberg