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    What would a phobia of bees and wasps be called?

    Question #35672. Asked by elizabethmc. (Jun 30 03 11:26 AM)


    mochyn

    		Apiphobia is the fear of bees.

    Jun 30 03, 11:39 AM
    mibmob

    		Vespaphobia for wasps.

    Jun 30 03, 11:55 AM
    elizabethmc

    		Where do they get all these names from? Can't it just be beephobia or waspaphobia?

    Jun 30 03, 11:58 AM
    riotgrrl

    		They're derived from the Latin. You can see other words with the same roots: another word for a beehive is an apiary, and those Italian scooters are called Vespas.

    Jun 30 03, 12:00 PM
    sequoianoir

    		Melissophobia is also a fear of bees, and spheksophobia is a fear of wasps.

    Jun 30 03, 12:38 PM

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