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APICULTURE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS O. Chygryn, А . Treus Sumy State University Ecological and Economic Analysis is branch of economic analysis that was founded only in last century. However, nature gave people instruments for EEA much earlier. One of these instruments is apiculture. By the time, people did come to this world, «the honey-bee had already been around for about 40–50 million years or more» [1]. Humans have taken benefits from bees more than 8 000 years. They use pollen, honey etc. Apiculture can give one more benefit now – it can help to evaluate environmental conditions (for example, level and measures of pollution). This function of apiculture is especially useful for agricultural business. Photo by Rina Treus So, it was noted, « if we look at bees survival rate, quantity and quality of honey, we can make conclusion about the environmental conditions in place where...