An apiary is just the name for a collection of beehives where a beekeeper keeps his/her bees. In the US they call it a bee yard.
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The correct pronunciation for the word "apiaries" is ey-pee-er-eez.
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Three. A queen, drones and workers.
Numerous including: Hi-On-A-Hill Herb Farm in North Smithfild, Wickford Apiaries in North Scituate, Fruit Hill Apiaries in North Providence or visit the Rhode Island Beekeepers Association Website.
Mccormack Apiaries Raccoon Twp.Largest bee farm in Beaver county.
Intraspecific interactions with bees is called beekeeping. Beekeepers are called apiarists and the box where the bees are kept are called apiaries or hives.
In beekeeping, the apiary is the area where beehives are kept, which is usually located in an open-air setting. Apiaries vary depending upon the region in which the bees live, though.
Honey bees live in hives, formed by the bees themselves, usually. Occasionally, however, apiaries, man-made beehives, will house many bees, so that the honey can be harvested.
By far the biggest reason bees are kept in the USA, and Canada for that matter, is for the pollination of agricultural crops. The production of honey is actually just a pleasant side benefit, for the most part, although there are many apiaries for which honey production is their only reason for bee keeping.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern AP---IE-. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter P and 6th letter I and 7th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: apathies apepsies aphonies apiaries