beekeeper

[ bee-kee-per ]

/ ˈbiˌki pər /

a person who raises honeybees; apiculturist.

Origin of beekeeper

First recorded in 1810–20; bee¹ + keeper

When his grandfather died, he left Burt a small sum of money, which the beekeeper used to purchase a plot of land in rural Maine.

Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions |Marlow Stern |September 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Burt called on his beekeeper pal, who scooped up the bees from the fencepost with his bare hands, and dumped them into a hive.

Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions |Marlow Stern |September 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She was expelled from the science academy where she worked and then made her living as a beekeeper and translator.

The Spy in My Bed |Bob Jamieson |October 2, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The beekeeper closes the hive, chalks a mark on it, and when he has time tears out its contents and burns it clean.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy

Southwest Texas is a sort of beekeeper's paradise and only a part of it has been occupied as yet.

Bee Hunting |John Ready Lockard
When the beekeeper is collecting the bees from the bough they have settled on, he need not fear them.

Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck |Jethro Bithell
Given three pure Italian queens to start with, a beekeeper may easily re-queen his whole bee-yard in the course of a year.

Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 |Various
Greenford, near Harrow-on-the-Hill, had quite recently a worthy inhabitant who was a gardener and presumably a beekeeper also.

In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious |W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

beekeeper

/ (ˈbiːˌkiːpə) /

a person who keeps bees for their honey; apiarist

beekeeping, noun