beeman
nounEtymology From Middle English beman, bemon, perhaps a partial calque of Old English bēoċeorl (“beekeeper”), equivalent to bee + -man. Old English bēoċeorl may be an alteration of bēocere (“beekeeper”).
1
One who tends bees, usually as an occupation; beekeeper.
- I am a beeman of long standing, having practically kept bees all my life.1906, The Bee-keepers' Record, volume 24, page 170: