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Apiculture

Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

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Cultivation 76% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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Agriculture noun · 78% connection

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage…

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Ana adverb · 78% connection

Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.

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Apian adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to bees.

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Apiarian adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to bees.

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Apiary noun · 78% connection

A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

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Apiologist noun · 78% connection

A student of bees.

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Arrenotokous adjective · 78% connection

Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

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Aviculture noun · 78% connection

Rearing and care of birds.

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Bee noun · 78% connection

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

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Bee-eater noun · 78% connection

A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.

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Beebread noun · 78% connection

A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected b…

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Beehive noun · 78% connection

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

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