Definition of beekeeper
:a person who raises bees
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Bring honeybee hives and educational programming to parks and urban places, to be nurtured by neighborhood beekeepers.
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In 2006, beekeepers in the U.S. started reporting a shift in the behavior of bees: Adult honeybees were disappearing from their hives in masses, leaving behind the queen and immature bees.
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Among other factors, beekeepers said 13 percent of colonies in the second quarter of this year were stressed by pesticides, 12 percent by mites and pests other than varroa and 4.3 by diseases.
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There is the painstaking work of taxonomists who continue to catalogue the earth's estimated 10 quintillion insects; the Greek island beekeepers; and the Zika-fighting mosquitoes in Brazil.
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That fed suspicions that the pesticides might play a role in honey bee declines that beekeepers were reporting.
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Yes, there are bees on the roof, and the beekeeper sells his swag here, too.
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But in the U.S., beekeepers lost more than 40 percent of their colonies in 2016 due to a variety of factors.
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two California men have been charged with a string of felony counts stemming from a criminal case that created a buzz among beekeepers across the country, authorities said Thursday.
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First Known Use of beekeeper
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Definition of beekeeper for English Language Learners
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: a person who raises bees
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