apiarian

American  

[ey-pee-air-ee-uhn] / ˌeɪ piˈɛər i ən /

adjective

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

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apiarian British  

/ ˌeɪpɪˈɛərɪən /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of apiarian

First recorded in 1795–1805; apiary + -an

Example Sentences

Its keeper, a white-bearded octogenarian named Ernest Baudu, lectures any stray stroller who will listen on the facts of life, both apiarian and human.

From Time Magazine Archive

For instance, he has clearly established that his bacteria -- while related to Bacillus sphaericus, a living resident of apiarian digestive tracts -- are genetically distinct from known microbes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Importing Italian queen bees from the U.S. and Mexi-Campello plans to stage a series of apiarian palace coups.

From Time Magazine Archive

Near the narrowest part of southern Mexico, where the rugged Sierra Madre sweeps close to the coast, they have prepared a stand against the marauders, a kind of apiarian Thermopylae.

From Time Magazine Archive

I know an apiarian, who by my suggestion has wintered from sixty to eighty stocks in this way, for the last six years, with perfect success, not having lost one.

From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by Quinby, M. (Moses)