What does "apiculture" mean?

The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.

Apiculture

Common synonyms include: beekeeping, apicultural science, bee biology, bee husbandry, honey bee biology, honey bee farming.

noun

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Noun

1
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. uncountable
2
the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey wordnet

"Derived from the Latin word apis meaning “bee,” apiculture is the raising and caring of honey bee colonies by people."

From api- (“bee”) + culture.