Entomology+Sub-Catogories

__**Entomology Sub-Categories**__  There are 6 main subcategories in Entomology:  1. ** Beekeeping ** is the maintenance of honeybee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper keeps the bees in a place called apiaries, in order to collect honey and beeswax for the purpose of pollinating crops, or to produce more bees to sell to other beekeepers. 2. ** Coleopterology ** is the study of all beetles. Coleopterists have formed organizations to make it easier to study them. One of them is the international The Coleopterists Society based in the United States. 3. ** Forensic entomology ** is the application and study of insects. It has more to do with death investigations, and also these scientists study what insects are poisonous and harmful to humans and other animals. They help create drugs to cure people who has been poisoned or wounded. 4. ** Insect ecology ** is the study of how insects, as individuals or a community, interact with the surrounding environment. This includes the certain climate, geography, exoskeleton, circulatory systems, and many more. 5. ** Insect fighting ** is a blood sport involving insects. It is mostly practiced in the countries of Asia. These people train their insects to that they can fight against other owners’ insects in underground fighting arenas. An interesting fact about this sport is that insect trainers claim that their activity provides entertainment and that its helping remove pests form the world.
 * 6. **** Myrmecology **  is the scientific study of ants, which is one of the widely and most popular known insects in the world. There are also very highly eusocial meaning that they are good social groups that work together with their own colony in order to survive. They are often chosen as a study group to answer questions on the evolution of social systems.

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