apiary

Honey production site

An apiary is a place where honeybees are kept—a collection of hives maintained for honey production or pollination.

The person who tends an apiary is an apiarist or beekeeper: She visited the apiary to check on her hives.

The word comes from the Latin for bee.

hive

colony

Dependent territorial settlement

  • queenMost powerful chess piece
  • droneUnmanned flying machine
  • workerPerson who toils

brood · larvae · comb · wax · propolis · bee-bread · nectar · pollen · frames · cells

beekeeping

beekeeper

One who tends hives

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  • veilFabric that obscures
  • glovesHand coverings with fingers

extractor · uncapping · swarming · frames · super · foundation · inspection · harvesting · overwintering · feeder

pollination

foraging

Seeking wild food sources

pollinator · cross-pollination · orchard · almond · blueberry

sounds

buzzing

Low vibrating hum

humming · whir · murmur · piping · queening · fanning

honey

harvest

Gathering mature crops

manuka · wildflower · acacia · buckwheat · jarring · bottling · crystallization · filtered · uncapped

Categories
Opposites
bee presence/absence

apiarysterile environment

Space without living microorganisms

type of animal husbandry facility

apiaryaquarium

Tank for keeping fish

fishery · cattle ranch · poultry farm · piggery · aviary

scale of bee-keeping

apiarybeehive

Honeycomb housing structure

Family

apiaries, apiarist

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