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词汇 apiary
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Definition of apiary in English:

apiary

nounPlural apiaries ˈeɪpɪəriˈeɪpiˌɛri
  • A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives.

    养蜂场;蜂窝群

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the case of an apiary producing honey naturally, however, raising queen bees locally is the best practice.
    • They visited a lily garden where they had morning tea, and an apiary where they had afternoon tea.
    • All the honey bees in the apiary have long since been Africanized.
    • The results they produce will be used by the students at the Native American Summer Institute, who maintain an apiary.
    • When he was inspector of apiaries, he made the regulation that apiaries should be kept at least 200 metres from the nearest resident and 100 metres from the nearest roadway.
    • An unusual auction of apiary equipment is set to take place at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming, at Murton Park, York, tomorrow.
    • Before applying insecticides hazardous to bees, operators should check with the Consolidated Farm Service Agency to locate apiaries.
    • Together they work the land, supporting a successful raw milk dairy, a community orchard, an apiary, and a medicinal and culinary herb garden.
    • After he retired he used one of the boxes to melt beeswax in support of his apiary.
    • The colonies were placed in two study apiaries in Grahamstown, South Africa.
    • But the man who owns the apiary in question is a fascinating character himself.
    • The study was conducted in an apiary in Sheffield, UK, during July 1999.
    • The apiary was located 12 km away from the original site to prevent older bees from returning to their original nest site if they recognized the landscape.
    • In some cases, they could be assigned to another experimental colony as the colonies were all located in the same apiary.
    • This year Greg is endeavoring to add to his apiary by catching a wild swarm.
    • He has kept an apiary for the past 10 years.
    • He told delegates that beekeeping in Ireland has long been associated with monastic settlements and that one early monastery was named after an apiary.
    • Attention refocused on hives at Upper Mill when Councillor Brian Angus, the borough mayor, wore a protective suit to officially open the refurbished apiary on April 9.
    • Anecdotal reports suggest that there have been many introductions of new strains of bees to boost the gene bank of the New Zealand apiary industry - even though this was illegal.
    • He was also introduced to members of the school's apiary club who produce pounds of honey each year to sell locally.

Derivatives

  • apiarian

  • adjective
    • The new newsletter contained more contributed articles from regional experts and many advertisements for apiarian supplies.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even his apiarian neighbours were asked for help, providing him with bees and bee-hives.
      • It is considered to be a leader and one of the greatest ambassador of the apiarian industry.
      • I will not enumerate all that apiarian science owes to him; to state what it does not owe were the briefer task.
      • The Moore Honeyhouse is a new addition to an apiarian smallholding near the top of Little Terrapin Mountain in North Carolina.
  • apiarist

  • noun ˈeɪpɪərɪstˈeɪpiərəst
    • Like most budding apiarists, my first concern was to avoid getting stung.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Every bee larva has the potential to become a queen if properly nourished by its hivemates or an apiarist.
      • Growers are very dependent on the skill of the apiarists, who bring along hives full of bees just at the stage when they have need of lots of pollen to feed their brood.
      • The question is whether the apiarists should be allowed to use public land for the purpose of farming an introduced animal.
      • The amateur apiarist was a member of York Beekeepers' Association and became known locally as ‘Mr B the bee man’, for selling honey from his garden gate.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin apiarium, from apis 'bee'.

Definition of apiary in US English:

apiary

nounˈāpēˌerēˈeɪpiˌɛri
  • A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives.

    养蜂场;蜂窝群

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has kept an apiary for the past 10 years.
    • Attention refocused on hives at Upper Mill when Councillor Brian Angus, the borough mayor, wore a protective suit to officially open the refurbished apiary on April 9.
    • The colonies were placed in two study apiaries in Grahamstown, South Africa.
    • This year Greg is endeavoring to add to his apiary by catching a wild swarm.
    • The study was conducted in an apiary in Sheffield, UK, during July 1999.
    • In some cases, they could be assigned to another experimental colony as the colonies were all located in the same apiary.
    • They visited a lily garden where they had morning tea, and an apiary where they had afternoon tea.
    • But the man who owns the apiary in question is a fascinating character himself.
    • He told delegates that beekeeping in Ireland has long been associated with monastic settlements and that one early monastery was named after an apiary.
    • Together they work the land, supporting a successful raw milk dairy, a community orchard, an apiary, and a medicinal and culinary herb garden.
    • In the case of an apiary producing honey naturally, however, raising queen bees locally is the best practice.
    • Before applying insecticides hazardous to bees, operators should check with the Consolidated Farm Service Agency to locate apiaries.
    • The apiary was located 12 km away from the original site to prevent older bees from returning to their original nest site if they recognized the landscape.
    • The results they produce will be used by the students at the Native American Summer Institute, who maintain an apiary.
    • After he retired he used one of the boxes to melt beeswax in support of his apiary.
    • When he was inspector of apiaries, he made the regulation that apiaries should be kept at least 200 metres from the nearest resident and 100 metres from the nearest roadway.
    • Anecdotal reports suggest that there have been many introductions of new strains of bees to boost the gene bank of the New Zealand apiary industry - even though this was illegal.
    • An unusual auction of apiary equipment is set to take place at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming, at Murton Park, York, tomorrow.
    • He was also introduced to members of the school's apiary club who produce pounds of honey each year to sell locally.
    • All the honey bees in the apiary have long since been Africanized.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin apiarium, from apis ‘bee’.

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