api-
(Latin: bee)
Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can't buzz any slower.
Kim Hubbard
Apian, l. belonging to Bees or Honey.
E. Cole, An English Dictioinary, 1677
Acarapis (proper noun)
The genus of the mites that are internal parasites of honey bees: The farmer's apiary was devastated by an infestation of tiny arachnids of the genus Acarapis.
apiaceous (adjective) (not comparable)
In botany, pertaining to the family Apiaceae: Some apiaceous vegetables include carrots, parsnips, parsley, and celery.
apian
apiarian
Pertaining to bee-hives or bee-keeping.
Someone who keeps, cares for, and maintains bees in order to have their honey to sell: Mark was an apiarist who made a fairly good living selling honey to individuals and to grocery stores.
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A place where bees are kept so they can produce honey: Wayne had three apiaries in his back yard so the bees could have access to his big flower garden and several fruit trees in his orchard.
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The farmer had an apiary for his bees so they could produce honey.
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apical
apically
apicial
apician
apicultural (adjective), more apicultural, most apicultural
Relating to the care and breeding of bees; especially, for commercial reasons or the selling of honey or rental to farmers for pollinating crops.
1. The raising and care of bees for commercial or agricultural purposes.
2. The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey.
2. The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey.
Someone who is engaged in the raising and care of bees for commercial or agricultural reasons.
apiculus
An excessive interest in bees; especially, honeybees.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.
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