Definition of "apiculturist" [apiculturist]

• Beekeeper (noun)

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• "Hive losses during the winter months have always been a problem for commercial beekeepers, explains Eric Mussen, an apiculturist and researcher at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis."
• "Even though the bees did all the work, I felt like I was quite the apiculturist."
• "-- There will be a number of demonstrations at the farm, one by Prof. Francis Jager, the apiculturist, at 11: 30 o'clock, at the Apiary Building."