beekeeper
beekeeper
Definition
bee·keeper (-kē′pər)
noun
a person who keeps bees for producing honey; apiarist
bee′·keep′·ing noun
beekeeper
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- encourage: BIBBA encourages beekeepers to work together in breeding groups.
- contact: If you phone our office we may be able to contact a local beekeeper for you who may be interested.
- help: It is to help beekeepers avoid this problem that banding was introduced.
- do: Apple blossom Heather Self raising flower Clover 4. What do beekeepers call the special box their bees live in?
- visit: They also visit beekeepers I remote miombo woodland and get to know Africans as friends.
- marry: Instead of moving upstairs, and in spite of letting her Signor do her favors, she marries the local beekeeper.
Converse of subject
- do: Much has been achieved but more could be done by beekeepers working together.
- keep: Honey Bees Honey Bees are the bees that are kept by beekeepers in hives.
- remove: The other, which is sealed, is being removed by the beekeeper.
Adjective modifier
- experienced: This is an introductory course led by an experienced beekeeper.
- local: People would go to their local beekeeper who would isolate bees from the hive to sting them several times over a course of weeks.
- most: Unfortunately this has not worked too well, particularly during the recent troubles, and most beekeepers now operate on their own.
- many: Many new people to the craft are lost too, due to swarming and many established beekeepers lose apiary sites because of it.
- other: This can easily be achieved by anybody on their own, with other beekeepers, or an Association.
- commercial: He is the only commercial beekeeper in Derby, selling the by-products of his 40 colonies of two million bees directly to the public.
Noun used with modifier
- novice: They will be able to give help and assistance in setting up, and many run courses for novice beekeepers.
- village: Editors note: I find it interesting that Spanish research show 50 % of " village beekeepers " developed arthritis.
- scale: Success perhaps but at the expense of the traditional hive small scale beekeeper.
Possessives
- association: You should contact a member of your local beekeepers ' association and they will advise on the action to take.
Preposition: of
- standing: Robin is a beekeeper of 30 years standing and runs between 40 and 50 colonies.
