Apiarist
a person who keeps an .
Contemporary Examples
An apiarist, he lives in Austin, with his wife, Lorin, their three children, and a hyperactive bird dog named Biscuit.
Let Exxon Run the Energy Dept. Robert Bryce April 7, 2009
Historical Examples
Mr. Ernest Scholl, now Assistant and apiarist, has furnished material as shown herein.
Texas Honey Plants C. E. Sanborn
Though I am, as I have said, an apiarist in good standing, I never realised that there were so many bees in the world.
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling
LET us rather consider the proceedings of the swarm the apiarist shall have gathered into his hive.
The Life of the Bee Maurice Maeterlinck
noun
a person who studies or keeps bees
n.
1816; see apiary + -ist.
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