Definition of apiphobia
: intense fear or dislike of bees : melissophobia
There is a reason for my apiphobia. When I was little, I stepped on the wrong barn board and some angry bumblebees sent me to the emergency room …— Shane Brown
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The first known use of apiphobia was in 1868
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