How to Use apiary in a Sentence

apiary

noun
  • The site soon evolved into more than an apiary.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
  • John visits his apiary most days, to watch and listen to his bees.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Two other solar apiaries followed in the state, with more on the way.
    — National Geographic, 24 June 2017
  • Fruits and vegetables are grown on-site, and there’s a bee apiary and chicken coop.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • The church had been looking for someone to run an apiary and a friend knew Koenen.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022
  • There’s an orchard and an active apiary, which produces honey for sale.
    — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • There's also an on-site apiary, and honey is available for purchase in the farm store, as are fresh eggs.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
  • At the edge of the village, a beekeeper invited us to look at his apiary.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Time had a reputation as an apiary for buzzing young Ivy League types.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Others have taken the information learned with the rooftop apiary to start their own hives.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Cocktails were moved into the venue’s former apiary, or beehive yard, which had a rustic feel.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The rest of John’s apiary was like a real-estate showcase for honeybees.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Locals need assistance keeping the bears out of their apiaries and chicken houses.
    — Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • An apiary is part of the gardens and extensive landscaping on campus.
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • 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
  • The teens, ages 15 to 19, traveled to an apiary in Gainesville to harvest their product.
    — Jeff Weiner, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Wealthy lakefront families have kicked in, too, and many of the park benches, meeting rooms and even an on-site apiary display the names of key donors.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Pierson and Reeves used their beekeeping connections in the metro to source their bees from local apiaries.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Chicago O’Hare was the first US airport to add a major apiary.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • 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 team there guided visitors in protective suits for group and one-on-one sessions to learn about bees, the apiary and honeycombs.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • The potential impact on a beekeeping business following a loss like this depends on the size of the apiary.
    — CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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