Etymology. First known usage of the word "apiary" was in 1654. The base of the word comes from the Latin word "apis" meaning "bee", leading to "apiarium" or "beehouse" and eventually "apiary." ... The word apiarist typically refers to a beekeeper who focuses on just one species of bee.

What is apiary called?

Beekeeping is also called apiculture, from the latin word, apis. Another word for beekeeper is apiarist, while a bee yard is called an apiary.

What is the difference between apiary and beehive?

As nouns the difference between apiary and beehive

is that apiary is a place where bees and their hives are kept while beehive is an enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus apis ) live and raise their young.