apiarist
apiarist — noun
- apiaristsingular
- apiaristsplural
1. someone who owns and looks after a colony of bees, usually so that the honey the
someone who owns and looks after a colony of bees, usually so that the honey they produce can be collected and sold
Mei-Lin, an experienced apiarist, carefully checked each of her thirty hives every morning.
experienced apiarist — collocation for someone with skill
The local apiarist sold jars of wildflower honey at the farmers' market every Saturday.
local apiarist — describing a beekeeper in a community
Diego decided to become an apiarist after learning how important bees are for pollinating fruit trees.
As an apiarist, Fatima wears a protective suit and uses a smoker to calm the bees before opening a hive.
The village apiarist taught a class of schoolchildren how bees turn flower nectar into honey.
- beekeeper
Everyday equivalent; much more common in informal and general contexts
文法句型
a/an + apiarist
用法筆記
More formal and technical than the everyday word 'beekeeper'. Often used in agricultural literature, beekeeping manuals, and by hobbyists who prefer the scientific term.