Sunday, September 4, 2011
Apiology Definition and its Related terms
Apiology is the scientific study of honey
bees, a subdiscipline of melittology, which is itself a branch
of entomology. Honey bees are often chosen as a study group to answer
questions on the evolution of social systems.
Melittology is the study of all bees, which
comprise more than 17,000 species other than honey bees. Apicology is
honey bee ecology. Apidology is a variant spelling of apiology used
outside of the Western Hemisphere, primarily in Europe .it
is sometimes used interchangeably with melittology.
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