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A fear of bees can affect quality of life with anxiety around outdoor activities, and people with a bee phobia may experience symptoms of panic upon seeing a bee. Negative attitudes toward bees can also have negative effects on beekeeping and conservation efforts. Exposure therapy is an effective treatment for fear of bees and other specific ...
fear of bees, a zoophobia: Apotemnophobia fear of amputees, and/or of becoming an amputee [9] [10] Aquaphobia: fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies. Arachnophobia: fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions, a ...
More specific cases include katsaridaphobia (fear of cockroaches), melissophobia (fear of bees), myrmecophobia (fear of ants), and lepidopterophobia (fear of moths and butterflies). One book claims 6% of all US inhabitants have this phobia. [2] Entomophobia may develop after the person has had a traumatic experience with the insect(s).
Don't be scared of this fear-filled list. Home & Garden. Lighter Side
A hospital has become home to honey bees to help children get over their sting-fear.
A phobia is an anxiety disorder, defined by an irrational, unrealistic, persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. [7] [8] [9] [1] Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are usually present for more than six months. [1]
Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions [3] and ticks. ... Apiphobia, fear of bees; Entomophobia, fear of insects;
The ordinance had an outdated definition of weeds. ... bee, butterfly and insect species that have a much larger impact on the health of our overall ecosystem than most people realize.” ...