Organizations related to entomology
Like any other science, entomology is the subject of many organizations around the world. These organizations are the driving force for the research that is carried out for the sake of the knowledge regarding insects. There are different organizations on different continents and here one may read more about some of them.
The Amateur Entomologists’ Society or shortly, AES, is an English organization that gathers people interested in insects. The organization is based in the UK and it was founded in 1935 as a club, called the Entomological Exchange and Correspondence Club. Its main purpose back then was to provide a forum on which amateurs could exchange information and equipment needed in the research on insects. The name of the club was changed in 1937 in what it is now. The organization publishes a journal under the name of ‘The Bulletin’ ever since 1939 together with a leaflet entitled ‘Coleoptera Collecting’. The main focus of this society was on invertebrate conservation issues and has taken an advisory position for different policy makers. For instance, its consultancy was required in the reviews of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
The international Union for the Study of Social Insects is another popular association of entomologists that gather around from different countries and carry on research about social insects. Some social insects are the ants, termites, wasps and bees. The union was founded in Amsterdam, in 1951 and has been publishing a scientific journal every three months ever since, called Insectes Sociaux.
Nevertheless, the Societe entomologique de France is the organization that exists for the same purposes in France. Its actions are devoted to the study of insects and it has existed since 1832. This association was created by Parisian entomologists with the mere aim to contribute to the progress and development of the science that they all were interested in.