A quiet airy ground where one keeps hives (6)
I believe the answer is:
apiary
'one keeps hives' is the definition.
I know that 'hives' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are singular nouns
'a quiet airy ground' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'ground' indicates an anagram ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'airy' is an anagram of 'iary'.
'a'+'p'+'iary'='APIARY'
'where' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apiary that I've seen before include "Place for keeping bees" , "Home for the honey bee" , "Buzzing collection?" , "Colony giving off a buzz?" , "A place for bee-hives" .)