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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

養蜂

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yōhō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Beekeeping/ˈbiːˌkiː.ɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は趣味で養蜂を続けています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The activity or occupation of keeping and breeding honeybees, traditionally for the production of honey and beeswax.

    "He took up beekeeping as a hobby and now manages three hives in his backyard."
  2. 2

    The science and art of managing colonies of bees for agricultural pollination and honey harvesting.

    "Modern commercial beekeeping plays a crucial role in pollinating global food crops."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English 'bēo' (bee) and the gerund of 'keep' (to tend or care for). The term evolved in modern agricultural contexts to replace or describe the traditional Latin-derived practice of apiculture.

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