[f. L. api-s bee + -cultūra tending.] Bee-keeping or -rearing.
1864. Sat. Rev., to Dec., 731/1. If a man fails in the theory or the practice of what we perceive it is high-polite to call ‘apiculture,’ how is it relevant to reproach him with being unsound about the Beast and the Little Horn?
1882. N. Y. Tribune, 16 Aug. Comb foundation is one of the great aids in apiculture.
