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Definition of Beekeeper

1. Noun. A farmer who keeps bees for their honey.

Definition of Beekeeper

1. Noun. A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beekeeper

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beekeeper

Literary usage of Beekeeper

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

1. The Lincoln Readers by Isobel Davidson (1922)
"THE OLD beekeeper Suppose you were a beekeeper and two boys came along just about the time your bees, from one of the hives, ..."

2. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"AGRICULTURE — ANIMAL INDUSTRY — HORTICULTURE THE beekeeper LETITIA E. WRIGHT, 3s. The Bee Club, School of Horticulture for Women, Ambler, ..."

3. Opportunity Monograph: Vocational Rehabilitation Series, No. 1-40. November by United States Division of Vocational Education (1918)
"He has made a wonderful success and spent the out about this by .,..., , , _ . . : talking to the rep- part of his life as a beekeeper. ..."

4. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Equipment Needs, Costs, and Suppliers A would-be beekeeper should learn as much as ... Observing honeybees close up with an experienced beekeeper is an ..."

5. War and peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sergej Prokof'ev, Lev Tolstoj, Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva, Valerij Gerg'ev, Graham Vick, Humphrey Burton, Aleksandr Gergalov, Elena Prokina, Gegam Gregoriam, Olga Borodina, Jurij Marusin, Nikolaj Okhotnikov, Vasilij Gerelo, Irina Bogatjeva, (1904)
"The beekeeper opens the lower partition and peeps into the lower half of the hive ... The beekeeper opens the upper door and examines the super of the hive. ..."

6. The Handbook for Practical Farmers: Dealing with the More Important Aspects by Hugh Findlay (1920)
"By culling out the hybrid stock the beekeeper can keep his bees pure ... Hidden thus in the hive, they often escape the notice of the unobservant beekeeper. ..."

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