Apiculture

noun

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

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beekeepingbeekeeping

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

Etymology

From api- (“bee”) + culture.

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