Apiculture

Word APICULTURE
Character 10
Hyphenation ap i cul ture
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Apiculture"

What do we mean by apiculture?

The raising and care of bees for commercial or agricultural purposes. noun

The rearing of bees. noun

Rearing of bees for their honey and wax. noun

The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. noun

The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey noun

The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.

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The word "apiculture" in example sentences

Farmers in Tabi struggle to keep up with the pace of that change, seeking alternatives to feed their families, such as apiculture and selling firewood, while women are doing crafts to earn extra money. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As you get to know Al, you learn that in addition to his regard for apiculture, he is also an evangelical Christian. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

There's lots of lovely symbolism in the processes of apiculture and (more unexpectedly) the Blessed Virgin Mary. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

While Megan is ecstatic about her Greenpoint rooftop honeybee hive and especially loves honey, her interest in apiculture stems from her desire to maximize the amount of food she can produce in her 700 square foot Brooklyn backyard. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

A presentation on the art of apiculture; honey extraction demonstrations by beekeepers of the northern Shenandoah. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Beekeepers all around the world are noticing their bees dwindle and disappear," says the professor of apiculture and social insects. ❋ Unknown (2009)

\ "Beekeepers all around the world are noticing their bees dwindle and disappear, \" says the professor of apiculture and social insects. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For, instead of pumping more money into research on bees and apiculture, DEFRA have actually cut the amount of money allocated to such research: The total budget for research into bee health in this country is now less than £200,000 a year, and DEFRA has recently laid off some of Britain's leading bee scientists and closed down the bee health research centre at Rothamsted in Hertfordshire. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In this book, there are quotations from apiculture books before each chapter, and each and every one of them is related to what the characters are going through. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The museum focuses on the Carniolan bee (prized for its gentleness -- it won't attack humans unless its home is threatened) and local beekeepers who, by the 16th century, had pioneered a form of apiculture in which wooden hives are stacked together in several rows and housed under one roof. ❋ Jennifer Dorroh (2008)

The main things that we've started with are working with a traditional apiculture beekeeping group to build two hives and a project to start an environmental education center. ❋ Vorkopers (2007)

My project along with two others is to give a series of talks to my host family on apiculture bee keeping. ❋ Britta (2007)

We thumbed over a variety of topics strung lightly on the common thread of apiculture. ❋ King, Laurie R. (2006)

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