Apiculture

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apiculture \Ap"i*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E.
     culture.]
     Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  apiculture
       n : the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the
           production of honey [syn: {beekeeping}]