apiary
Example Sentences
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His apiary has more than 100 hives and he manages 100 other colonies in the area.
From Seattle Times
The apiary’s 40 colonies, with over 2 million bees, rival the human population of the borough.
From New York Times
“There was nothing left of the apiary, the bee hives, except the concrete blocks that the hives were standing on.”
From Seattle Times
They’ve established an apiary and sold their own honey at Christmastime, and they’ve planted a line of young apple and pear trees along Frederick Road, so people walking on the sidewalk can pick fruit.
From Washington Post
While some plant species enjoyed higher fruit set, fruits sampled nearest the apiaries contained only aborted seeds.
From Scientific American
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