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apiculturist

apiculturist

9.9
A person who keeps bees and collects their honey
  • noun
  • /ˌeɪpɪˈkʌltʃərɪst/
  • Specialized
: apicultor
  • An apiculturist understands the conditions necessary for bees to thrive and produce honey.

Examples

  • The apiculturist inspected the hives each morning to ensure the bees were healthy.

  • The local apiculturist supplies fresh honey to markets throughout the region.

  • As an experienced apiculturist, she frequently educates others on the importance of bees to the environment.

  • An apiculturist manages several hives.

  • My neighbor is an experienced apiculturist.

  • The apiculturist checked the health of her bees before harvesting honey.

  • Every spring, the apiculturist sets up new hives to accommodate the growing bee population.

Synonyms

beekeeper
vsapiculturist
11 3.0

A person who keeps bees to collect honey

focuses on keeping and raising bees rather than only owning hives
apiarist
vsapiculturist
  • Specialized
1 9.3

A person who keeps bees and collects their honey

emphasizes raising bees and producing honey rather than only daily care

Surface Forms

apiculturist singular
apiculturists plural

Morphology

apiculturist = apiculture (semi-transparent) = apiculture + ist

The formation is a regular noun-forming suffix '-ist' added to 'apiculture' to denote a person who practices apiculture.

Etymology

Apiculturist comes from the Latin words apis ('bee') and cultura ('to cultivate'), the same idea you see in agriculture. So an apiculturist is like a farmer for bees who keeps and cares for them to produce honey.