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beekeeper

[bee-kee-per] / ˈbiˌki pər /
NOUN
caretaker for bees
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Someday she hopes to set up a free seed library, and she’s excited to see bluebird hatchlings in the bluebird house that Venice beekeeper Ian Kimbrey installed in her tree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Funkhouser, a veteran commercial beekeeper, should have around 1,200 hives under his care.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Paris transport officials then closed the metro entrance while a local Parisian beekeeper was called in to collect the insects.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Fellow beekeeper Heleen Nieman told Dutch radio that she had three bee colonies and wanted to give him one of them.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Along the walls were topsy-turvy shelves of cookbooks and books about the history of baking and how to be a beekeeper.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"The war came and destroyed the beekeeping sector by more than 95 percent because most beekeepers were near the border areas," he explained.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

With honey, Majtán says, "the best way is just to buy from local beekeepers".

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

The harms from faked honey are mostly to the livelihoods of beekeepers.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Even before the 1957 spraying, the beekeepers had suffered heavily from use of DDT in orchards.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson



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