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beekeeping

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbiːˌkiːpɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apiculture

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apiculture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cultivation

History

Etymology

From bee + keeping.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bletari — raising bees
  • Armenian: մեղվապահություն (meġvapahutʻyun) — raising bees
  • Azerbaijani: arıçılıq — raising bees
  • Basque: erlezaintza — raising bees
  • Belarusian: пчаля́рства (pčaljárstva) — raising bees
  • Bulgarian: пчела́рство (pčelárstvo) — raising bees
  • Catalan: apicultura — raising bees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 養蜂 /养蜂 (yǎngfēng) — raising bees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 養蜂業 /养蜂业 (yǎngfēngyè) — raising bees
  • Czech: včelaření — raising bees
  • Danish: biavl — raising bees
  • Esperanto: abelkulturo — raising bees
  • Finnish: mehiläishoito — raising bees
  • Finnish: mehiläistarhaus — raising bees
  • French: apiculture — raising bees
  • French: industrie abeillère — raising bees
  • Georgian: მეფუტკრეობა (mepuṭḳreoba) — raising bees
  • German: Bienenzucht — raising bees
  • German: Imkerei — raising bees
  • German: Zeidlerei — raising bees
  • German: Bienenhaltung — raising bees
  • Greek: μελισσοκομία (melissokomía) — raising bees
  • Greek: μελισσουργία (melissourgía) — raising bees
  • Ancient Greek: μελισσουργία (melissourgía) — raising bees
  • Hungarian: méhészet — raising bees
  • Hungarian: méhészkedés — raising bees
  • Hungarian: méhtenyésztés — raising bees
  • Icelandic: býflugnarækt — raising bees
  • Irish: beachadóireacht — raising bees
  • Irish: beachaireacht — raising bees
  • Italian: apicoltura — raising bees
  • Japanese: 養蜂 (yōhō) — raising bees
  • Korean: 양봉 (yangbong) — raising bees
  • Lithuanian: bitininkỹstė — raising bees
  • Macedonian: пчеларство (pčelarstvo) — raising bees
  • Norwegian: birøkt — raising bees
  • Persian: زنبورداری — raising bees
  • Polish: pszczelarstwo — raising bees
  • Portuguese: apicultura — raising bees
  • Russian: пчелово́дство (pčelovódstvo) — raising bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: пчеларство — raising bees
  • Serbo-Croatian: pčelarstvo — raising bees
  • Slovak: včelárstvo — raising bees
  • Slovene: čebelarstvo — raising bees
  • Spanish: apicultura — raising bees
  • Swedish: biodling — raising bees
  • Turkish: arıcılık — raising bees
  • Ukrainian: бджільни́цтво (bdžilʹnýctvo) — raising bees
  • Vietnamese: nuôi ong — raising bees
  • Volapük: bienam — raising bees
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