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APICULTURE (from Lat. apis, a bee)
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APICULTURE (from Lat. 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.