Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rearing of bees in a state of domestication; apiculture.
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Examples
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Interest in bee-culture grows; and some of the habits of the insect came to be understood and, inevitably, admired, the while all convenient vessels available, even to the never-to-be-despised kerosene tins, were utilised to store the nectar garnered from myriads of blossoms.
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That he is also related to bee-culture is shown by his presence on p. 4*c of the Codex
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It was invented by the father of modern bee-culture.
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That thing in Hiram that was so appealed to by his bee-culture, and by any fancy strain of sheep or poultry, is strong in me, too, and has played an important part in my life.
Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914
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So he brought his forty or more skips of bees to West Park and lived with me, devoting himself, not very successfully, to bee-culture.
Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914
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I seemed to have discovered a new universe when I first took to bee-culture.
The Quest of the Simple Life Dawson, William J 1907
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I say to you, sir, she can tell you as much now about scientific bee-culture as any naturalist you ever knew.
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Interest in bee-culture grows; and some of the habits of the insect came to be understood and, inevitably, admired, the while all convenient vessels available, even to the never-to-be-despised kerosene tins, were utilised to store the nectar garnered from myriads of blossoms.
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Her mother is Mrs. Ellen S. Tupper, the Bee-queen of Iowa, whose work on bee-culture is a recognized authority everywhere; her eldest sister is a very eloquent preacher at Colorado S.rings; Miss Kate is studying medicine, having taken herself through a full course at the
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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How much more important, therefore, at that time must bee-culture have been, considered from the point of view of circulation as compared with what it is to-day.
System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855
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