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Table 1 Total colony losses and over-wintering colony losses represented from Table 2 in Pilling et al. (2013) [includes colonies lost to AFB (1 from the control group and 3 from the treated group at a single site in 2007)] [2]

From: Authors’ response on Hoppe et al. (2015) “Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on honey bee colonies: a response to the field study by Pilling et al. (2013)”. Environ Sci Eur (2015) 27–28

 

Control

Treated

Total

Over-winter

Total

Over-winter

Maize, n = 18

 2006

0

0

1

0

 2007

1

0

8

2

 2008

3

0

7

1

 2009

7

1

1

1

 2010

6

6

4

4

 Total

17

7

21

8

 Average per year

4.25

1.4

4.2

1.6

 Average % colonies

23.6

7.8

23.3

8.9

Oilseed rape, n = 12

 2005

1

0

0

0

 2006

0

0

0

0

 2007

0

0

3

3

 2008

2

2

0

0

 2009

1

1

0

0

 Total

4

3

3

3

 Average per year

1

0.75

0.75

0.75

 Average % colonies

8.33

6.25

6.25

6.25

 Overall %

16.0

7.0

14.8

7.6