apiculture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
apiculture
    n 1: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the
         production of honey [syn: {beekeeping}, {apiculture}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Apiculture \Ap"i*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E.
   culture.]
   Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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