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APICULTURE (from Lat. apis, a bee)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 168 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APICULTURE (from
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Lat.
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apis, a bee)
  , bee-keeping (see BEE) . So also other compounds of api- . Apiarium or apiary, a bee-house or hive, is used figuratively by old writers for a place of industry, e.g. a college .

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