apian

[ ey-pee-uh n ]

/ ˈeɪ pi ən /

of or relating to bees.

Origin of apian

1860–65; < Latin api(s) bee + -an; compare Latin apiānus muscat

The young astronomer, though Apian's pupil, was an avowed Copernican and the destined master and friend of Kepler.

History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom |Andrew Dickson White
Abstract ideas are not likely to play a large part in apian consciousness.

The Evolutionist at Large |Grant Allen
Apian has seven boats, the Drac keeps his victim seven years, the woman of Condrieu has seven sons.

Frdric Mistral |Charles Alfred Downer
The canoe was loaded down to the gunwale with the weight of fish—fish that the lazy, loafing Apian natives caught but rarely.

The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia |Louis Becke

But even honey will cloy; and that sweetest of all moons, the Apian one, would sometimes be better for a change.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, September 12, 1841 |Various

apian

/ (ˈeɪpɪən) /

of, relating to, or resembling bees

C19: from Latin apiānus, from apis bee