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beekeeper

[bee-kee-per]

noun

  1. a person who raises honeybees; apiculturist.



beekeeper

/ ˈːˌ쾱ːə /

noun

  1. a person who keeps bees for their honey; apiarist

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈˌ辱Բ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beekeeper1

First recorded in 1810–20; bee 1 + keeper
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A beekeeper has come to the aid of a row of shops that were closed because of a swarm of bees and was rewarded with a free coffee from Greggs.

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Honeybees — which are once again making headlines after commercial beekeepers reported record colony losses this year — are another species humans tend to rally behind for various reasons.

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The duchess announces her entrance by speaking “in our bee voice,” a low volume meant to maintain calm as she and her beekeeper mentor collect honey from their hive.

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Or, as the series begins, beekeeping, as we see Meghan out harvesting honey, donned in a full beekeepers' outfit.

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For decades, the beekeeper of 40 years cared for them and talked to them as he worked.

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