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BEEKEEPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beekeeping mean? 

BEEKEEPING (noun)
  The noun BEEKEEPING has 1 sense:

1. the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honeyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BEEKEEPING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

apiculture; beekeeping

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

cultivation ((agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale))


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