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apiary

[ay-pee-er-ee] / ˈeɪ piˌɛr i /
NOUN
bee home
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Brandon Teller, one of the county’s most prominent beekeepers, saw a Watch Duty fire notification on May 19 and headed straight to his apiary.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

"We are so fortunate to be able to work with the Pennsylvania beekeepers, who every year answer a survey on their management practices, their bees' winter survival and their apiary locations," Grozinger said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

The farm also has an apiary operation that produces incredible honey, two rescue steers, and a smattering of laying hens.

From Salon ● May 2, 2024

When we visited his apiary we saw several Asian hornets that had been captured that day.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023

All hives and all their appendages should be made exactly of a size and shape in the same apiary.

From A Manual or an Easy Method of Managing Bees by John M. (John Moseley) Weeks

In apiaries, entire colonies can be wiped out by mite infestation and the associated viral infections within two to three years without proper human intervention.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

At the time of the first theft, he said he went to check on two of his apiaries and found the brood boxes, which contained the queens, were missing.

From BBC ● May 16, 2023

The plan was equally straightforward: Community-owned farms would feed everyone and fund additional industries, including apiaries, hatcheries, canneries, smithies, brickyards and even a film studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023

The nonprofit works to help apiaries troubleshoot such problems, while also collecting data that can lead to solutions.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2019

As soon as this was completed, he began making fifty additional concrete apiaries.

From Hidden Treasure by John Thomas Simpson


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