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apiary

/ey-pee-er-ee/US // ˈeɪ piˌɛr i //UK // (ˈeɪpɪərɪ) //

养蜂场,蜂场,蜂巢,孵化器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·pi·ar·ies.

    • : a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.

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Examples

  • Sidi has had more exposure than his neighbors to the corrupting power of money and soon becomes a vigilante in both political and apiary terms, journeying to a nearby city to find answers about what’s going on with his hives and his village.

  • Ray Olivarez knew this much, but he still expected a routine visit when he drove to his apiary in California’s Central Valley one brisk midwinter afternoon in 2016.

  • He came to the Waldorf two years ago from a hotel in Toronto, where he ran a similar rooftop garden and apiary.

  • Observations multiplied ad nauseam have taught me where to find the males and where the females in this apiary.

  • At first I liked to sit for hours in the apiary all alone and listen to their humming for hours together.

  • If there are no small trees near the apiary, place bushes, upon which the bees will usually light, when they come out.

  • In the apiary it was so comfortable, so pleasant, so warm, so free!

  • I have not yet forgotten the first apiary I saw, where I learned to love the bees.