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# beekeeper

noun (a beekeeper, beekeepers); verb-related: beekeeping

«beekeeper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who keeps bees in hives to collect honey and wax. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#m1)
2. Someone who looks after bees as a hobby or job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons: beekeepers help bees, collect honey and know how bees make it. In stories and farming. They wear a veil and protective suit for safety. Phrase: a beekeeper's suit, the beekeeper's smoker.

### Examples

- The beekeeper wore a white suit and a veil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#x1)
- Our neighbour is a beekeeper with three hives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#x2)
- The beekeeper used smoke to calm the bees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#x3)
- Beekeepers collect honey in late summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#x4)
- A beekeeper showed our class how bees build combs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#x5)
- The beekeeper sold jars of honey at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/#x6)

### Note

Compound word: bee + keeper, one word. Another word: apiarist (formal). Beekeepers do not hurt the bees when taking honey; they leave some for the bees. In maths problems, a beekeeper often has hives with a number of bees or jars of honey to divide.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beekeeper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beekeeper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beekeeper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beekeeper.html) on Mova free.