How to Use apiary in a Sentence

apiary

noun
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  • The teens, ages 15 to 19, traveled to an apiary in Gainesville to harvest their product.
    — Jeff Weiner, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Two other solar apiaries followed in the state, with more on the way.
    — National Geographic, 24 June 2017
  • John visits his apiary most days, to watch and listen to his bees.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The church had been looking for someone to run an apiary and a friend knew Koenen.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022
  • Guests can also learn about bees at the on-site apiary, or take a yoga class in the vineyard.
    — Janet O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2022
  • Chicago O’Hare was the first US airport to add a major apiary.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • The hotel chain plays host to 40 honeybee apiaries and wild bee hotels around the world.
    — Bailey Bischoff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2018
  • At the edge of the village, a beekeeper invited us to look at his apiary.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Then all the skaters freaked out and skated into our apiary, which scared the bees, so the bees swarmed into one of the Volkswagen camper vans.
    — Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The gardens and apiary are located on the unused 0.15-acre public road right of way.
    — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • There is a goat house, an apiary with nearly 70 hives, a hoop house filled with a winter harvest of kale and sweet lettuces.
    — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • By then, all the bees had gathered in the box with the honeycomb, so Gehlsen could seal it and take it back to the apiary on his 97-acre farm, Evergreen Acres in Nokesville.
    — Jonathan Hunley, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The on-site apiary, home to more than two million honeybees, is the largest in the city; honey is available for purchase in the farm store, as are fresh eggs.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The apiary is part of an effort to rethink how land for clean energy can be used to supply more than just kilowatts.
    — National Geographic, 24 June 2017
  • The apiary is part of an effort to rethink how land for clean energy can be used to supply more than just kilowatts.
    — National Geographic, 24 June 2017
  • The rest of John’s apiary was like a real-estate showcase for honeybees.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Hives in apiaries are usually laid out a metre or less apart at the same height above the ground and in a regular grid formation.
    — The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • Guests are invited to tour the grounds and the nearby apiary as well as the wood stoves and ovens in the kitchen, though the meal rightfully remains the primary attraction.
    — Michael Snyder, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Keaja Smith patted the dirt around her basil, oregano, parsley, tomato, onion and cantaloupe plants as bees buzzed around from the nearby apiary.
    — Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2019
  • There’s an orchard and an active apiary, which produces honey for sale.
    — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The bees were removed safely and will be housed at Lauriano’s apiary on Long Island, police said.
    — Fox News, 17 June 2019
  • The vineyard offers a number of dining packages with vineyard tours, including a half-day event of breakfast, lunch and a look at the apiary.
    — Amy Nelson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2019
  • On a chilly Monday afternoon, Mayo showed visitors around her small apiary, pointing out the different types of hives in the space.
    — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • John Russo, the beekeeper, manages both this enormous set of hives and the private apiary of owner John Pritzker.
    — Charu Suri, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The goal is to use the data collected from the apiary to better understand how the insect is affected by climate change.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Regular meet-the-beekeeper programs allow the public to connect with the life of honeybees at the on-site apiary.
    — Jeanine Barone, The Know, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Ratchen’s field of 39 vegetable varieties is one of the first signs of the farm’s new incarnation, along with an apiary of 25 colorful beehives.
    — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Locals need assistance keeping the bears out of their apiaries and chicken houses.
    — Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Old pictures were sprawled on the kitchen table showing a young man standing with his mother on a 90-acre farm, the same man inside a factory and again tending to a bee apiary.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Julie Meer says the Farm 779 booth will be fully stocked with Alaska vegetable blends and krauts, coconut kefirs, kombucha tea and body products crafted from the farm's apiary.
    — Steve Edwards, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 July 2017

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