beekeeper

[ bee-kee-per ]

noun

1. a person who raises honeybees; apiculturist.

beekeeper

/ ˈbiːˌkiːpə /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˈbeeˌkeeping, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beekeeper¹

First recorded in 1810–20; bee ¹ + keeper

Example Sentences

Spath was a small-time beekeeper, who—in a twist seemingly tailor-made to showcase the insular nature of the industry—had learned the ins and outs from Olivarez’s parents.

From Popular-Science

Biologists and beekeepers are worried about this new arrival because bees in North America “are kind of defenseless,” notes Otis.

From Science News For Students

Now a man in a beekeeper costumer at the end of the episode.

From Time

After she rejects the beekeeper from her reality, she returns to that moment as if to make sure it plays out perfectly.

From Time

My advice to any new beekeeper is find an experienced beekeeper and just spend time with them.

From Eater

When his grandfather died, he left Burt a small sum of money, which the beekeeper used to purchase a plot of land in rural Maine.

From The Daily Beast

Burt called on his beekeeper pal, who scooped up the bees from the fencepost with his bare hands, and dumped them into a hive.

From The Daily Beast

“Secret Service officers huddled in the guard booth” until the official beekeeper took the bees down with a squirt bottle.

From The Daily Beast

She was expelled from the science academy where she worked and then made her living as a beekeeper and translator.

From The Daily Beast

Greenford, near Harrow-on-the-Hill, had quite recently a worthy inhabitant who was a gardener and presumably a beekeeper also.

From Project Gutenberg

The price of queens will be fifty cents for one, and not more than three will be furnished to each beekeeper.

From Project Gutenberg

Given three pure Italian queens to start with, a beekeeper may easily re-queen his whole bee-yard in the course of a year.

From Project Gutenberg

If not already done the beekeeper should at once make his final preparations towards a successful wintering of bees.

From Project Gutenberg

“You were a wonderful beekeeper when you were a boy, granddad,” she insisted.

From Project Gutenberg