apiarist

Example Sentences

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The Florida case was a larger operation — not theft from a small apiarist.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2021

Six years ago, Tucson native and sommelier Noel Patterson began amateur beekeeping after receiving a hive as a gift from a skilled local apiarist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2021

Mike Hansen, the state apiarist who oversees commercial bee inspections, said unofficial estimates of the number of people in Michigan with beehives on rooftops and in backyards range from about 3,000 to 10,000.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2018

His last play, Constellations, involved quantum mechanics and beekeeping, so he met cosmologists and an apiarist to get his facts straight.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2013

Grelet was a skilled apiarist, and replenished his melliferous flocks by wild swarms enticed from the forests.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick