beekeeper

[bee-kee-per] / ˈbiˌki pər /

NOUN

caretaker for bees

Synonyms

STRONG

apiarist apiculturist

Example Sentences

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Funkhouser, a veteran commercial beekeeper, should have around 1,200 hives under his care.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

There are even bees and a beekeeper, who harvests honey for employees to take home.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

Teddy, a hobbyist beekeeper, opens the film alarmed that now the bees have disappeared, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Police and firefighters fenced off the area and a beekeeper was called in to smoke out the bees - a safe way to calm the insects.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

A writer, an English teacher, and a beekeeper.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd