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Apiary

noun
1.
A shed containing a number of beehives.  Synonym: bee house.






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"Apiary" Quotes from Famous Books



... milkweeds—a whole field of them—had been found and destroyed, and the trouble had immediately ceased. I am not aware that Mr. Wood ever ascertained the particular species of milkweed in this case. It is not probable that our Eastern species need ever seriously threaten the apiary, though unquestionably large numbers of bees are annually destroyed by its excessive hospitality. I have repeatedly found honey-bees dead beneath the plants, and my cabinet shows a specimen of a large bumblebee which had succumbed to its pollen burden, its feet, and even the hairs upon ...
— My Studio Neighbors • William Hamilton Gibson



Words linked to "Apiary" :   shed, beehive, apiarian, hive



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