[f. L. apiār-ium or Eng. APIARY + -IST.] One who keeps an apiary; a bee-keeper, a bee-master.
1816. Kirby & Spence, Entomol. (1828), I. v. 164. Certain idlers called by apiarists corsair-bees.
1860. Samuelson, Honey Bee, i. 7. The Queen is fed throughout her larvahood upon honey, or, as it is called by apiarists, royal paste.
