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; it is sometimes used interchangeably with melittology.
[edit] List of notable Apiologists
- Charles Butler, (1560-1647), early English beekeeper and researcher.
- Charles Dadant, (1817-1902), Modernized beekeeping.
- Jan Dzierzon, (1811-1906), Discovered parthenogenesis among bees, proposed first sex determining mechanism for any species.
- Savannah Foley, studies genetics and communication over long distances at the University of Southern Florida, leading a team investigating recent dropping numbers of honey bees.[citation needed]
- Karl von Frisch, (1886-1982), Nobel Prize winner, studied honey bee communication.
- Robert A. Holekamp, (1848-1922), Early urban apiculturalist and advocate
- Jay Hosler, Professor at Juniata College, Author of the award-winning comic Clan Apis.
- Karl Kehrle (aka "Brother Adam") (1898-1996), Benedictine monk, beekeeper, and an authority on bee breeding, developer of the Buckfast bee.
- Warwick Estevam Kerr, (b.1922), Studies genetics and sex determination in honey bees. Responsible for introduction of Africanized bees to America.
- William Kirby, (1759-1850), Author of the first scientific treatise on English bees.
- L. L. Langstroth, (1810-1895), Modernized American beekeeping.
- Martin Lindauer, (1918-2008), studied communication systems in various species of social bees including stingless bees and honey bees.
- Sir John Lubbock (the 1st Lord and Baron Avebury) (1834–1913), wrote on hymenoptera sense organs.
- Robert E. Page, Jr., Studies population genetics and the evolution of complex social behavior at Arizona State University.[1]
- Petro Prokopovych, (1775–1850), Ukrainian beekeeper, founder of commercial beekeeping.
- Moses Quinby, (1810-1875), Early American commercial beekeeper. Invented modern bee smoker.
- Gene E. Robinson, Studies mechanisms of behavior at the University of Illinois.[2]
- Amos Ives Root (1839 – 1923), Innovator in honey harvesting techniques. Published first account of Wright brothers flight in his beekeeping journal.
- Justin O. Schmidt, Studies bee nutrition, chemical communication, physiology, ecology and behavior. Created Schmidt Sting Pain Index.
- Thomas D. Seeley, Studies group organization using the honey bee as a model system at Cornell University.[3]
- Robert Evans Snodgrass, (1875-1962), Author of one of the first comprehensive books on honey bee anatomy and physiology.
- Stephen Taber III, (1924-2008), Innovator in the practice of artificial insemination of queen bees for the purpose of developing disease resistant and gentle bee colonies.
- Mark Winston, Studies life history, caste structure, and reproduction in social insects and pheromones of honey bees at Simon Fraser University.[4]
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