Meaning of beefarm | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of bee farm.

alt-of, alternative, rare

Examples

“Beefarm Sites and Ranges, 25. […] Ask⟳ questions in next A.B.K. for a remedy for prickled blood. A number⟳ of beefarms in Victoria are suffering from it this year.”

“Areas of no more than ten acres of crown land⟳ may be granted as bee-arms on annual licenses, the rent⟳ being one shilling an acre per annum. A bee-range license⟳ may be secured on payment of one halfpenny for every [a]cre of crown land⟳ within a mile of the beefarm; and all suitable timber, [e]ven on land⟳ held under a grazing lease or license⟳, may, for the purpose of beefarms, be protected from destruction on any area.”

“Such a man is W. C. Greenleaf of Muir, Michigan. He runs a dairy and beefarm.”

“Honey Yield⟳ at the Govt. Beefarm Nagrota 1936–42.”

“These are popular in Scotland and the north and as the brood-boxes take⟳ 15 frames they are a useful large hive, but we shall not keep⟳ those. They were brought in from a Wiltshire beefarm which was taken over and they will be disposed of when convenient.”

“But, my object has always been to own⟳ a big commercial beefarm and to become⟳ a large scale honey-producer.”

“[…] and those who want⟳ to stay⟳ to work⟳ for a few months on a beefarm abroad. (Please⟳ state which country you are interested in.)”

“The beefarm on her sloping meadows, the sweet / Exacting spaces spinning honey; / Under the elms and the sycamores / The light⟳ leaves cherish many flowers, / The light⟳ air under the boughs threaded / With the vivid bees who return⟳”

“But shortly after the pair had moved into the small cottage and set⟳ up the beefarm, a woman with eyes as blue as Wedgwood - and spry for an older woman - joined them.”

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