noun
apiary
AY-pee-air-ee/ˈeɪpieri/
A place where beehives are kept.
Three wooden hives stand among flowering plants in the small apiary.
Etymology
The pieces name a place for bees: Latin apiarium meant a bee-house or beehive. In English, the word names the site where hives are kept.
In context
the entire supply chain of that honey has been fully traced and verified from the apiary to the exporter, importer, and final packer.
More examples
- Flowering trees surround the apiary.
- The farm maintains two small apiaries.
- Visitors watch the bees from a path outside the apiary.
Forms
apiary · apiaries
Similar words
- beehive
- A single bee colony's shelter rather than the whole site.