apiculture

2 definitions found

apiculture - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apiculture \Ap"i*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E.
     culture.]
     Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
     [1913 Webster]

apiculture - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  apiculture
      n 1: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the
           production of honey [syn: beekeeping, apiculture]