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New word for me today: "apiarist"/"apiary". Never knew bee keepers had a more formal name, though it makes sense. Dad joke: It would be more apt if instead of
by russellbeattie 1y ago
New word for me today: "apiarist"/"apiary". Never knew bee keepers had a more formal name, though it makes sense.
Dad joke: It would be more apt if instead of a-piary, it was "b-piary".
- duskwuff 1y agoBonus word: if you want to sound all fancy, beekeeping is also known as apiculture.
- throwup238 1y agoAnd soldiers who use bees in battle are called the apilry
- taneq 1y agoOh, like the way the cavilry use guinea pigs?
- throwup238 1y agoI think the Incas mostly used guinea pigs as incendiaries so technically it would be cavillery like artillery.
- grilledchickenw 1y agoJason Statham in "The Apiarist" doesn't have the same ring to it
- NoMoreNicksLeft 1y agoIf you'd seen the movie, you'd realize that it couldn't have been more ridiculous even if that had been the title.
- nilamo 1y ago"Secret Backup NSA" isn't as catchy
- OhMeadhbh 1y agoSo a "swarm" is the collective noun for bees. But I couldn't find a collective noun for apiarists. I propose "stung" as in "a stung of beekeepers."
- afandian 1y agoA swarm is actually a reproductive process. It looks like a mass of bees, but it has a specific purpose and composition. (Although maybe you’re right colloquially) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_(honey_bee) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_(honey_bee) A load of bees engaged in robbing behaves entirely differently from a swarm, which is a magical thing to interact with.
- OhMeadhbh 1y agoI'm just repeating what I found on the intarwebs: https://englishgrammarhere.com/collective-nouns/collective-noun-for-bees-in-english/ https://englishgrammarhere.com/collective-nouns/collective-n...
- afandian 1y agoIt’s correct enough colloquially. It’s just so much cooler than that. Just like specialists probably differ from the general population on how many legs / arms an octopus has.
- amarant 1y agoFrom the name, either they have 8 tentacles, or they have 8 of something else which is presumably called pus in Latin. My mind is thoroughly in the gutter now.
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- neonnoodle 1y ago
- pests 1y agoMade more common semi recently I think by bees being in Minecraft and various apiary mods. Similar to how when they added sherds (opposed to shards) for broken archaeological finds.