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Apiology

 
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Apiology (from Latin apis, "bee", and Greek -λογία, -logia) 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.

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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 (e.g., [1]); it is sometimes used interchangeably with melittology (e.g. [2]).

List of notable Apiologists

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