BEEKEEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beekeeper mean? 

• BEEKEEPER (noun)
  The noun BEEKEEPER has 1 sense:

1. a farmer who keeps bees for their honey

  Familiarity information: BEEKEEPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEEKEEPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farmer who keeps bees for their honey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

apiarist; apiculturist; beekeeper

Hypernyms ("beekeeper" is a kind of...):

farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)

 Context examples 

Honey bee queens, which lay all of the eggs in a hive, commonly last about three years in managed colonies before beekeepers replace them as reproduction slows.

(Species Shifts in the Honey Bee Microbiome Differ with Age and Hive Role, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Because the extract can be added to syrups commercial beekeepers commonly use, researchers say the extract could be a practical solution that could scale quickly.

(Mushroom Extract Could Help Save Bees from Virus, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Lower losses are a great start, but it's important to remember that 33 percent is still much higher than beekeepers deem acceptable. There is still much work to do."

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)

This is a factor in higher colony losses reported during the past 12 years and has increased beekeepers’ costs and labor.

(Species Shifts in the Honey Bee Microbiome Differ with Age and Hive Role, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Pesticides are also a factor, according to the study, particularly among commercial beekeepers.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)

But, both commercial and small-scale beekeepers lost 33 percent of their honey bee colonies between April 2016 and April 2017.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)