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Definition of Bee house
1. Noun. A shed containing a number of beehives.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bee House
Literary usage of Bee house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Architecture: Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages by Lewis Falley Allen (1852)
"... AN APIARY, OR BEE-HOUSE. Every farmer should keep bees—provided he have
pasturage for them, on his own land, or if a proper range for their food and ..."
2. Cottages and Cottage Life: Containing Plans for Country Houses, Adapted to by Charles Wyllys Elliott (1848)
"A bee house, in which the hives are placed, is attractive to almost all, beside
being profitable. It should open on one side, where it gets the morning sun, ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"By this arrangement, the bees can be admitted to the house and open air alternately,
and excluded from either at pleasure. 2602. The apiary, or bee-house. ..."
4. Autobiography of Rev. Abel C. Thomas: Including Recollections of Persons by Abel Charles Thomas (1852)
"Relief season—Blossom and bloom—Niagara Falls—Sermon on Table Rock—Lewiston
bee-house—The ' near wheel-horse'—Ohio River —' Very low bridge'—Getting up in ..."
5. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"The bee-house, one form of which is shown in fig. 55, p. ... A form called the
Cabinet bee-house is shown in fig. ..."
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