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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 See also:Lat. alvearium)  , a beehive; used, like apiarium in the same sense, figuratively for a collection of hard-working See also:people, or a scholarly See also:work (e.g. See also:dictionary) involving See also:bee-like See also:industry . By See also:analogy the See also:term is used for the hollow of the See also:ear, where the See also:wax collects .

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