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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 Lat. apis, a bee)

APICULTURE (from See also:
LAT
Lat. See also:
APIS
apis, a See also:
BEE (Sanskrit blza, AS. ben, Lat. apis)
bee) , See also:

BEE (Sanskrit blza, AS. ben, Lat. apis)

bee-keeping (see BEE) . So also other compounds of api- . Apiarium or apiary, a bee-See also:

house or hive, is used figuratively by old writers for a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, e.g. a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college .

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