The Beekeeper is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos. It was released on February 20, 2005, through Epic Records and is her second release for the label. As with many of Amos's releases throughout the 2000s, The Beekeeper is a concept album, heavily inspired by the practice of beekeeping and its connection to femininity and female empowerment. The album's nineteen tracks are separated into six different "gardens" (denoted in the booklet of the limited edition of the album), and are inspired by topics such as her experiences with motherhood ("Ribbons Undone"), betrayal ("Witness"), and Christian mythology ("Marys of the Sea").