beeherdEtymologyFrom Middle English beehyrde, equivalent to bee + herd (“herder, keeper”).beeherd means beekeeper. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.nounBeekeeper.“There is no sure way of securing swarms but by a constant watching of a beeherd, retained on purpose, from seven or eight in the morning until three or four in the afternoon, till all the prime swarms have issued.”