[ad. L. apiāri-um bee-house, f. api-s bee: see -ARY.] A place where bees are kept; a bee-house.
1654. Evelyn, Mem. (1857), I. 307. Transparent apiaries, which he had built like castles and palaces.
1703. Maundrell, Journ. Jerus. (1721), 66. A smell of Honey and Wax, as strong as if one had been in an Apiary.
1836. Marryat, Midsh. Easy, vi. 18. He had pitched into a small apiary, and had upset two hives of bees.
