Meanings
beekeeping1
nounbeekeeping (uncountable)
beekeeping2
verb
- participlepresentpresent participle of beekeep
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
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nounthe cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μελισσουργία
- μελισσουργία (melissourgía)raising bees
Basque erlezaintza
- erlezaintzaraising bees
Bulgarian пчела́рство
- пчела́рство (pčelárstvo)raising bees
Catalan apicultura
- apiculturaraising bees
Chinese Mandarin 養蜂 /养蜂, 養蜂業 /养蜂业
- 養蜂 /养蜂 (yǎngfēng)raising bees
- 養蜂業 /养蜂业 (yǎngfēngyè)raising bees
Czech včelaření
- včelařeníraising bees
Danish biavl
- biavlraising bees
Esperanto abelkulturo
- abelkulturoraising bees
Finnish mehiläishoito, mehiläistarhaus
- mehiläishoitoraising bees
- mehiläistarhausraising bees
French apiculture, industrie abeillère
- apicultureraising bees
- industrie abeillèreraising bees
German Bienenzucht, Imkerei
- Bienenzuchtraising bees
- Imkereiraising bees
- Zeidlereiraising bees
- Bienenhaltungraising bees
Greek μελισσοκομία, μελισσουργία
- μελισσοκομία (melissokomía)raising bees
- μελισσουργία (melissourgía)raising bees
Hungarian méhészet, méhészkedés
- méhészetraising bees
- méhészkedésraising bees
- méhtenyésztésraising bees
Icelandic býflugnarækt
- býflugnaræktraising bees
Irish beachadóireacht, beachaireacht
- beachadóireachtraising bees
- beachaireachtraising bees
Italian apicoltura
- apicolturaraising bees
Japanese 養蜂
- 養蜂 (yōhō)raising bees
Korean 양봉
- 양봉 (yangbong)raising bees
Lithuanian bitininkỹstė
- bitininkỹstėraising bees
Norwegian birøkt
- birøktraising bees
Persian زنبورداری
- زنبورداریraising bees
Polish pszczelarstwo
- pszczelarstworaising bees
Portuguese apicultura
- apiculturaraising bees
Russian пчелово́дство
- пчелово́дство (pčelovódstvo)raising bees
Slovak včelárstvo
- včelárstvoraising bees
Spanish apicultura
- apiculturaraising bees
Swedish biodling
- biodlingraising bees
Turkish arıcılık
- arıcılıkraising bees
Ukrainian бджільни́цтво
- бджільни́цтво (bdžilʹnýctvo)raising bees
Vietnamese nuôi ong
- nuôi ongraising bees
Cite this entry
APA
beekeeping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beekeeping
MLA
“beekeeping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beekeeping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beekeeping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beekeeping.
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