Other forms: beekeepers
A beekeeper is a person who keeps bee colonies for honey. A local beekeeper, the beekeeper's smoke, work as a beekeeper.
The smoke masks the alarm signal the bees send each other, which is why it calms a hive rather than driving it out. A beekeeper takes only the surplus, since the colony needs enough honey left to survive the winter.
1nounbeekeeperA person who keeps bee colonies for honey.
“The beekeeper put on her veil and gloves before opening the hive.”
beekeeper is a person.
Bee plus keeper. Bee is Old English beo, from a Germanic root.
From bee + keeper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA