Preliminary analysis of loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2015/16 from the COLOSS survey

Brodschneider, Robert; Gray, Alison; van der Zee, R.; Adjlane, Noureddine; Brusbārdis, Valters; Charrière, Jean‐Daniel; Chlebo, Róbert; F. Coffey, Mary; Crailsheim, Karl; Dahle, Bjørn; Danihlík, Jiří; Danneels, Ellen; C. de Graaf, Dirk; Maja Dražić, Marica; Fedorіak, Mariia; Forsythe, Ivan; Golubovski, Miroljub; Gregorc, Aleš; Grzęda, Urszula; Hubbuck, Ian; İvgi̇n Tunca, Rahşan; Kauko, Lassi; Kilpinen, Ole; Kretavičius, Justinas; Kristiansen, Preben; Martikkala, Maritta; Martín‐Hernández, Raquel; Mutinelli, Franco; Peterson, Magnus; Otten, Christoph; Özkırım, Asli; Raudmets, Aivar; Simon‐Delso, Noa; Soroker, Victoria; Topolska, G.; Vallon, Julien; Vejsnæs, Flemming; Woehl, Saskia

doi:10.1080/00218839.2016.1260240

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Preliminary analysis of loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2015/16 from the COLOSS survey

Published in Journal of Apicultural Research • Dec 2, 2016

Authors:

Robert Brodschneider

Alison Gray

R. van der Zee

Abstract

In this short note we present comparable loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2015/16 from 29 countries, obtained with the COLOSS questionnaire. Altogether, we received valid answers from 19,952 beekeepers. These beekeepers collectively wintered 421,238 colonies, and reported 18,587 coloni...

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Biology

Queen (butterfly)

Confidence interval

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