THE CONCEPT OF BEES ECONOMIC CHARACTERS: THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING AND THE EXPERIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION
This paper presents the problem of defining the concept of bee's economic trait. The errors in defining this concept are revealed by the author via logic-methodological analysis. The main logical error is dividing (classifying) the analyzed concept on two grounds. As a result the error occurs which has become usual in works on beekeeping of Russian authors. This error consists in identifying the concept of “bee's economic trait” and “the factor affecting bee's economic trait”. The author of the article suggests efining the bee's economic train as the bee's ability to satisfy human needs in beekeeping products as well as a number of functions connected with the bee's living activity which are important for society but not related to beekeeping. These abilities include the bee's productive qualities first connected with production of honey, wax, propolis, bee venom, bee pollen, perga, royal jelly and drone bee's jelly. A number of bee's qualities can be referred to the economic traits which are not related to beekeeping, such as plant pollination and olfactory ability used to find certain objects. Classification both of the bee's economic traits and factors affecting them is made in order to reveal the errors in defining the concept of bee's economic train. Considering the fact that it is impossible to reveal all factor affecting the bee's economic trait, the authors suggest the simplest (primary) classification including 2 clusters, namely a) internal clusters associated with the bee's peculiarities, and b) external factors associated with phenomena not related to the bee's livening activity.