apiary

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UK/ˈeɪ.pi.ə.ɹi/US/ˈeɪ.pi.ɛɹ.i/

noun

A place where bees and their hives are kept.

Similar
bee house
OriginLatin apiārium →
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Meanings

nounapiary (plural apiaries)

plural apiaries

  1. A place where bees and their hives are kept.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna shed containing a number of beehives

Similar
bee house
Broader
shed
Also see
beehive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinapiārium
  2. Englishapiary

17th century, from Latin apiārium, from apis (“bee”).

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek μελισσών
  • μελισσών (melissṓn)a place where bees and hives are kept
Arabic مَنْحَل
  • مَنْحَل (manḥal)a place where bees and hives are kept
Basque erlategi, erletxe
  • erlategia place where bees and hives are kept
  • erletxea place where bees and hives are kept
Bengali মৌমাছি সংরক্ষণাগার, মৌমাছি পালনকেন্দ্র
  • মৌমাছি সংরক্ষণাগার (mōumachi śoṅrokkhonagar)a place where bees and hives are kept
  • মৌমাছি পালনকেন্দ্র (mōumachi palnokendro)a place where bees and hives are kept
Bulgarian пчели́н, пчела́рник
  • пчели́н (pčelín)a place where bees and hives are kept
  • пчела́рник (pčelárnik)a place where bees and hives are kept
Catalan apiari
  • apiaria place where bees and hives are kept
Chinese Mandarin 養蜂場 /养蜂场
  • 養蜂場 /养蜂场 (yǎngfēngchǎng)a place where bees and hives are kept
Czech včelín
  • včelína place where bees and hives are kept
Esperanto abelejo
  • abelejoa place where bees and hives are kept
Estonian mesila
  • mesilaa place where bees and hives are kept
Finnish mehiläistarha
  • mehiläistarhaa place where bees and hives are kept
French rucher
  • ruchera place where bees and hives are kept
German Bienenhaus, Apiarium
  • Bienenhausa place where bees and hives are kept
  • Apiariuma place where bees and hives are kept
  • Bienenstanda place where bees and hives are kept
Greek μελισσοκομείο
  • μελισσοκομείο (melissokomeío)a place where bees and hives are kept
Hebrew כּוֶּרֶת
  • כּוֶּרֶת (kavéret)a place where bees and hives are kept
Italian apiario
  • apiarioa place where bees and hives are kept
Japanese 養蜂場
  • 養蜂場 (yōhōjō)a place where bees and hives are kept
Korean 양봉장
  • 양봉장 (yangbongjang)a place where bees and hives are kept
Latin apiārium
  • apiāriuma place where bees and hives are kept
Latvian drava
  • dravaa place where bees and hives are kept
Lithuanian bitynas
  • bitynasa place where bees and hives are kept
Polish pasieka
  • pasiekaa place where bees and hives are kept
Portuguese apiário
  • apiárioa place where bees and hives are kept
Romanian stupină
  • stupinăa place where bees and hives are kept
Russian па́сека, пче́льник
  • па́сека (páseka)a place where bees and hives are kept
  • пче́льник (pčélʹnik)a place where bees and hives are kept
Slovak včelín
  • včelína place where bees and hives are kept
Spanish colmenar, abejar
  • colmenara place where bees and hives are kept
  • abejara place where bees and hives are kept
  • apiarioa place where bees and hives are kept
Turkish arılık, kovanlık
  • arılıka place where bees and hives are kept
  • kovanlıka place where bees and hives are kept
Ukrainian па́сіка, бджоляни́к
  • па́сіка (pásika)a place where bees and hives are kept
  • бджоляни́к (bdžoljanýk)a place where bees and hives are kept
Cite this entry
APA

apiary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apiary

MLA

“apiary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apiary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apiary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apiary.

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