apiary

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

17th century, from Latin apiārium, from apis (“bee”).

I have mentioned already that he rarely left his wooden cell by the apiary. — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Then, with the same rapid step and preoccupied face, he made the round of the whole garden, and showed his former ward all his greenhouses and hot-houses, his covered-in garden, and two apiaries which he called the marvel of our century. — The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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