From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbeekeeperbee‧keep‧er /ˈbiːkiːpə $ -ər/ noun [countable] someone who owns or takes care of bees —beekeeping noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
beekeeper• All beekeepers have been urged to inspect their hives and report suspected outbreaks.• Let Africanized bees do their bit to breed better beekeepers in this country, in other words.• She and her fellow beekeepers have a problem, and they want the world to know about it.• Many beekeepers have been examining their bees carefully for the past few years in efforts to find the mite.• Instead, call a professional beekeeper to remove the colony.• Meanwhile the pharmaceutical companies exploit the beekeepers, who depend on them to control the mites.• But he still got his picture of the beekeeper and his busy little bees.• Some of the beekeepers could likely use the work, too. 