"bee smoker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bee smokers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bee smoker (plural bee smokers)
  1. (apiculture) A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees. Categories (topical): Beekeeping Synonyms: smokepot, smoker Translations (smoke generator): пушило (pušilo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), savutin (Finnish), Smoker [masculine] (German), καπνιστήρι (kapnistíri) [neuter] (Greek), minfaħ [masculine] (Maltese), дыма́рь (dymárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), дима́р (dymár) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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