How to Use beekeeper in a Sentence

beekeeper

noun
  • Shannon said people shouldn't be scared to call beekeepers, even on nights and weekends.
    Stacey Henson, ajc, 26 June 2018
  • However, beekeepers believe the swarm could have been removed without killing any bees.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2019
  • Hives full of stinging bees deter animals from leaving the park and provide beekeepers with honey to sell.
    Christopher Bendana, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2018
  • The bees were collected and later brought to the home of a bee-removal specialist, who will then distribute them to beekeepers and macadamia farms.
    Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Hack said the bees are Italian, describing them as docile, hardworking and good for beginning beekeepers.
    Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2018
  • In 2012, the beekeepers sued the government and won—resulting in a supreme court ban on transgenic soybeans four years ago.
    Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 12 Apr. 2019
  • But the price has gone up five-fold, and beekeepers like Miller are getting paid to truck their bees to California to pollinate crops there, mostly almonds.
    Seth Borenstein, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2018
  • The petal fest supports honeybee conservation and urban beekeepers.
    Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018
  • For the second day in a row, thousands of bees swarmed a tree in downtown Portsmouth, N.H. Tuesday, prompting local beekeepers to rescue them again.
    Alana Levene, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2018
  • The beekeeper used foam to subdue the bees and the hive was removed.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The beekeeper stood beneath a bright blue sky and the cloud of an eight-year war.
    Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Patrick Genay, a beekeeper with 300 hives in the area, is among those seeking to quash the Amazon project for good.
    Liz Alderman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The head and neck of a beekeeper are covered with a mass of bees that resemble the mane of a lion.
    Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Then dim the lights, put on your beekeeper’s outfit, and take a new profile pic.
    Wendi Aarons, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Commercial beekeeper Jim Oberton has one of the rare Biden signs out in the area.
    Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • In an adorable move, the Middleton clan stepped in and helped get James started as a beekeeper.
    Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2020
  • At the edge of the village, a beekeeper invited us to look at his apiary.
    New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The process of moving the bees to a safe area starts with the queen, according to aspiring beekeeper Noah Lange.
    Kody Fisher, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Bryan Specht, a 25-year-old beekeeper who lives in Colerain, also hopped on board to help.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 26 June 2024
  • Then everyone donned beekeeper suits to open up the hive.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • New for this year are displays of a floral peacock, duck, and a beekeeper.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2022
  • He and a few others from Burford — including one who was a beekeeper — called 911 and tried to keep the bees away from Amos’s face.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • That all changed this spring when our beekeeper retired.
    Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 7 July 2023
  • But the Texas beekeepers all pointed to one clear reason for the bee boom — and that reason answered the phone on our second try.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The drought also has affected fruit and grain producers in the south and beekeepers in the center of the country.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Las Cruces firefighters called Johnson, who was off-duty but is a beekeeper in his spare time, to help clear the bees off the scene.
    Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Darrow has been a beekeeper for four years, and had been looking for a swarm ever since her hive of bees died over the winter.
    oregonlive.com, 20 June 2019
  • Any earlier would’ve been risky, said Jones, a beekeeper of 15 years.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The day of the incident, beekeepers inspected all 45 golf holes on the property.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • Because beekeepers did not find evidence of the bees that attacked Messina, the swarm was likely a traveling one, the team said.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 July 2024

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