Definition of Apiculture

1. Noun. The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey.

Exact synonyms: Beekeeping
Generic synonyms: Cultivation
Derivative terms: Apicultural, Apiculturist

Definition of Apiculture

1. n. Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

Definition of Apiculture

1. Noun. The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apiculture

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apiculture

apicomplexan
apicoplast
apicoplasts
apicoposterior artery
apicoposterior branch of left superior pulmonary vein
apicoposterior segment
apicostome
apicotomy
apicular
apiculate
apiculated
apiculi
apicultural
apiculturalist
apiculture (current term)
apicultures
apiculturist
apiculturists
apiculum
apiculus
apicurettage
apidictor
apidictors
apiece
apieces
apigenin
apiin synthetase
apikoros
apikorsim

Literary usage of Apiculture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"The Relation of apiculture to Science. tween a zooid and an individual does not seem very great. Through those jelly fishes called the ..."

2. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1908)
"apiculture is a branch of economic entomology and should be recognized as such. It is true that the nature of the work is quite unlike that of most of the ..."

3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"apiculture is th9 name given to the art by which the products of the ... The most favourable localities for the practice of apiculture are of course those ..."

4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"well written and interesting biographical sketch of Francis Suber, the first founder, in modern times at least, of a rational system of apiculture. ..."

5. The Khasis by Philip Richard Thornhagh Gurdon (1914)
"apiculture. I am indebted to Mr. Rita for the following remarks on apiculture in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills. There are two kinds of indigenous bees in the ..."

6. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1893)
"apiculture. apiculture. MKS. ... apiculture is the handmaid to horticulture, and the question remains whether ..."

7. Alfalfa, Grasshoppers, Bees: Their Relationship: A Report of the Field-work by Samuel John Hunter, A. H. Duff (1899)
"BOOKS AND JOURNALS RELATING TO apiculture. HOOKS. ... in apiculture. By Frank Benton. Published by United States Department of Agriculture, ..."

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