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ALVEARY (from the Lat. alvearium)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 774 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALVEARY (from the
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Lat. alvearium)
  , a beehive; used, like apiarium in the same sense, figuratively for a collection of hard-working
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people, or a scholarly
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work (e.g.
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dictionary) involving bee-like industry . By analogy the
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term is used for the hollow of the ear, where the
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wax collects .

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