apiary
noun
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Beekeeping, or apiculture, is the care of honeybees that ensures that they produce more honey than they can use. An apiary usually consists of many separate beehives. The social life of a hive is strange and marvelous. The queen bee, who will become the mother of an entire colony, is actually created by being fed "royal jelly" while she is still only a larva. The tens of thousands of worker bees are underdeveloped females; only a handful of the bees are male, and they do no work at all. The workers defend the hive by kamikaze means, stinging any intruder and dying as they do so. There's more drama in a quiet-looking apiary than the casual observer might notice.
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Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
This La Jolla property recently completed a major renovation of its 210 guest rooms and suites, plus its multiple lawn spaces, and added a new apiary and chef’s garden.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
The county Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures came to the apiary to investigate what may have caused the die-off, including testing dead bees for chemicals.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
Fruits and vegetables are grown on-site, and there’s a bee apiary and chicken coop.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
Dominick Peck and Paul Gunn, co-owners of the San Diego Bee Sanctuary, had arrived at their honey-making apiary in Escondido on Sept. 20 to find that 65 of their 67 hives had died.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The two beekeepers used a GoFundMe page to finance their rebuild, but oftentimes other apiaries or backyard beekeepers don’t have the funds to reinvest in their colonies after a massive die-off.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
At the urban apiary on the rooftop of the Hilton hotel in McLean, Virginia, the harvest goes to the kitchen and bar, where it’s mixed with equal parts warm water.
—Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
The on-site apiary, home to more than two million honeybees, is the largest in the city; honey is available for purchase in the farm store, as are fresh eggs.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
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“Apiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apiary. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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