apiculture
noun/ˈeɪpɪkʌltʃə(r)/
/ˈeɪpɪkʌltʃər/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the activity of owning and taking care of bees synonym beekeepingWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin apis ‘bee’ + culture, on the pattern of words such as agriculture.
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