apiary

[ ey-pee-er-ee ]

/ ˈeɪ piˌɛr i /

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.

Origin of apiary

1645–55; < Latin apiārium beehive, equivalent to api(s) bee + -ārium -ary

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

Honey Harvest at the Waldorf Astoria’s Beehives |Josh Dzieza |August 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If there are no small trees near the apiary, place bushes, upon which the bees will usually light, when they come out.

Soil Culture |J. H. Walden
It could, however, be recommended as an integral part of a windbreak, or woodlot where the land owner has an apiary.

Trees of Indiana |Charles Clemon Deam
An intelligent Apiarian stated to me this singular fact as occurring in his own Apiary.

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee |L. L. Langstroth

For this study an observation hive of bees or opportunity to visit an apiary will be helpful.

A Guide for the Study of Animals |Worrallo Whitney
Years upon years of life in the apiary seem to have no appreciable effect towards their final, permanent domestication.

Locusts and Wild Honey |John Burroughs

apiary

/ (ˈeɪpɪərɪ) /

a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives

C17: from Latin apiārium from apis bee