APIARY

(Lat apis, a bee.) A place for keeping beelives. Sometimes this is a small house, with openings for he bees in front, and a door behind, which is kept locked ecurity; and sometimes it is an area, in which each particular beehive is chained down to a post and padlocked. A PICUL A TEf). (Lat. apex, a sharp point.) When a leaf or any other part is suddenly terminated by a distinct APIP.E. (Lat. apis, a bee.) One of the varieties resulting from the modern division of the Linnsan genua including these species which are distinguished by tne length of the terminal parts of the inferior organs of the mouth, whicti constitute a proboscis. [s. 76]