apicultor

From French apiculteur and Spanish apicultor.

apicultor (plural apicultors)

1. (rare) Synonym of beekeeper.
   • 1904, Kingdom of Belgium, Department of Industry and Labour, “Trade-Unions”, in Ém[ile] Rossel, editor, Belgium, Its Institutions, Industries and Commerce. […] (Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint-Louis, 1904), Brussels: Ém. Rossel, →OCLC, Social Economy section, page 183:

     The number of the unions themselves reached 108 at the end of 1900;—693 on December 31st 1903,— and was distributed as follows: 147 farmers’ unions, 87 of cattle breeders, 25 of avicultors, 12 of apicultors, 1 of horticultors, 1 of dairy owners, 1 of viticultors, and 1 of horticultors-apicultors; besides 6 federations of farmers’ unions, forming an aggregate of 612 associations for the agricultural professions.

   • 1908, Auguste Forel, translated by C[harles] F[rederic] Marshall, “The Moral Effect of Healthy Art”, in The Sexual Question: A Scientific, Psychological, Hygienic and Sociological Study for the Cultured Classes, London: Rebman Limited […], →OCLC, chapter XVIII (Sexual Life in Art), page 496:

     If [Maurice] Maeterlinck’s “Life of Bees” is a fine work of art, it is not only because the author is a distinguished writer, but because he was himself acquainted with bees, being an apicultor, and did not make his book a mere compilation of other scientific works.

   • 1954–1958 October, J. A. Y. Ray, “Royal Jelly”, in Bee Craft […], volumes XXXVI–XL, London: British Bee-keepers’ Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97:

     As regards the methods of production of Royal Jelly which is such an instable and fragile substance, you seem to know all about the matter; but let me just draw your attention to the fact that in France apicultors have completely abandoned the production of natural cells and that even the grafting of larvae is in noticeable regression. The principle which seems to have the apicultors’ favour is a sort of Halley’s improved process which leads to a high production with a minimum of hives. […] As you will observe, everything agrees for the welfare of the public and the prosperity of the corporation of apicultors, who up to now were none too rich, is quite obvious.

   • 1959, A Look at the Dominican Republic, volume 4, Washington, D.C.: Embassy of the Dominican Republic, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2:

     To propitiate the improvement of apiaries, the Department has given away a great number of selected nucleus of bees of Italian origin from the Rural School of El Peñón, Barahona, as well as from the beehives of apicultors in the National District; Las Lisas, Miches; and Tabara Arriba, Azua. Modern equipment also has been given to apicultors who are interested in the project.

   • 2022, Elsa Wolf, “Bees”, in Keep Me Forever: A Novel, [Wyoming]: ElsaWolfBooks, →ISBN, part 3:

     Any time I go to the beehives to take care of the colonies, I wear protective gear. I am an apicultor—a beekeeper.

apicultor m (plural apicultores)

1. beekeeper (someone who keeps bees)

• abeyeru

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pi.kulˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pi.kulˈtoɾ]

apicultor m (plural apicultors, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultores)

1. beekeeper (someone who keeps bees)

   Synonyms: abellaire, abeller

• apícola
• apicultura

• “apicultor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “apicultor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “apicultor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “apicultor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /apikulˈtoɾ/ [a.pi.kul̪ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)

1. beekeeper

• “apicultor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)

1. beekeeper (someone who keeps bees)

   Synonym: abelheiro

• апикултор (apicultor) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from French apiculteur. Compare Italian apicultore.

• IPA^(key): /a.pi.kulˈtor/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

apicultor m (plural apicultori, feminine equivalent apicultoare)

1. beekeeper (bee raiser)

   Synonyms: albinar, prisăcar, stupar

• apicol
• apicultură

• albină

• “apicultor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From Latin apis (“bee”) +‎ -cultor.

• IPA^(key): /apikulˈtoɾ/ [a.pi.kul̪ˈt̪oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pi‧cul‧tor

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)

1. beekeeper

   Synonym: colmenero

   • 2020 December 9, Darinka Rodríguez, “Leydy Pech: la abeja reina de una colmena maya contra los transgénicos de Monsanto en México”, in El País‎^[1], Mexico:

     Los cultivos transgénicos no son los únicos que amenazan la supervivencia de las abejas de los apicultores de la región.

     The transgenic growings are not the only ones menacing the survival of the regional beekeepers' bees.

• “apicultor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024