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Update on Canadian Bee Incident Reports 2012-2016 - Text Descriptions
Figure 1 - Number of bee yards reported as potentially associated with pesticide spray
The title of the graph is “Number of bee yards reported as potentially associated with pesticide spray “
This is a vertical bar chart.
The horizontal axis is “Year”
There are in total 5 categories in the horizontal axis starting at 2012 and ending at 2016.
The vertical axis is “number of bee yards reported as affected”
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 35 with ticks every 5 points.
There is 1 data series in this graph.
The minimum value is 6 and it corresponds to “2013.”
The maximum value is 31 and it corresponds to “2012.”
Figure 2 - Number of yards reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean during the planting period 2012-2016. Total number of yards reported during the planting period as well as the number and proportion of different symptoms reported are presented.
The title of this figure is “Number of yards reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean during the planting period 2012-2016. Total number of yards reported during the planting period as well as the number and proportion of different symptoms reported are presented”
This figure contains two plots
Plot 1 presents the number of yards reported at planting with various symptoms.
This is a stacked vertical bar chart.
The horizontal axis is “Year”
There are in total 5 categories in the horizontal axis starting at 2012 and ending at 2016.
The vertical axis is “number of bee yards reported at planting”
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 300 with ticks every 50 points.
There are 3 data series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is “Number of bee yards reported at planting with dead bees”
The minimum value is 42 and it corresponds to “2015.”
The maximum value is 243 and it corresponds to “2012.”
The title of series 2 is “Number of bee yards reported at planting with dead bees and colony effects”
The minimum value is 0 and it corresponds to “2012.”
The maximum value is 15 and it corresponds to “2013.”
The title of series 3 is “Number of bee yards reported at planting with colony effects”
The minimum value is 0 and it corresponds to “2016.”
The maximum value is 61 and it corresponds to “2013.”
Plot 2 presents the proportion of yards each year reported at planting with various symptoms
This is a stacked vertical bar chart.
The horizontal axis is “Year”
There are in total 5 categories in the horizontal axis starting at 2012 and ending at 2016.
The vertical axis is “proportion of bee yards reported at planting”
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 100% with tick every 10%.
There are 3 data series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is “Proportion of bee yards reported at planting with dead bees”
The minimum value is 71% and it corresponds to “2013.”
The maximum value is 97.6% and it corresponds to “2012.”
The title of series 2 is “Proportion of bee yards reported at planting with dead bees and colony effects”
The minimum value is 0% and it corresponds to “2012.”
The maximum value is 9.9% and it corresponds to “2016.”
The title of series 3 is “Number of bee yards reported at planting with colony effects”
The minimum value is 0% and it corresponds to “2016.”
The maximum value is 23% and it corresponds to “2013.”
Figure 2, Plot 1: Number of yards with various symptoms reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean during the planting period 2012-2016.
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
dead bees |
243 |
186 |
63 |
42 |
57 |
dead bees and colony effects |
0 |
15 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
colony effects |
6 |
61 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total number of yards |
249 |
262 |
75 |
50 |
63 |
Figure 2, Plot 2: Proportion of yards with various symptoms reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean during the planting period 2012-2016.
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
dead bees |
97.6% |
71.0% |
84.0% |
84.0% |
90.5% |
dead bees and colony effects |
0.0% |
5.7% |
4.0% |
8.0% |
9.5% |
colony effects |
2.4% |
23.3% |
12.0% |
8.0% |
0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total number of yards |
249 |
262 |
75 |
50 |
63 |
Figure 3 - Personal protective equipment poster
The title of this figure is “Number of yards reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean after the planting period 2012-2016. Total number of yards reported during the planting period as well as the number and proportion of different symptoms reported are presented”
This figure contains two plots
Plot 1 presents the number of yards reported after planting with various symptoms.
This is a stacked vertical bar chart.
The horizontal axis is “Year”
There are in total 5 categories in the horizontal axis starting at 2012 and ending at 2016.
The vertical axis is “number of bee yards reported at planting”
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 350 with ticks every 50 points.
There are 3 data series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is “Number of bee yards reported after planting with dead bees”
The minimum value is 2 and it corresponds to “2012.”
The maximum value is 89 and it corresponds to “2013.”
The title of series 2 is “Number of bee yards reported after planting with dead bees and colony effects”
The minimum value is 0 and it corresponds to “2015.”
The maximum value is 43 and it corresponds to “2013.”
The title of series 3 is “Number of bee yards reported after planting with colony effects”
The minimum value is 0 and it corresponds to “2012.”
The maximum value is 204 and it corresponds to “2014.”
Plot 2 presents the proportion of yards each year reported at planting with various symptoms
This is a stacked vertical bar chart.
The horizontal axis is “Year”
There are in total 5 categories in the horizontal axis starting at 2012 and ending at 2016.
The vertical axis is “proportion of bee yards reported after planting”
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 100% with tick every 10%.
There are 3 data series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is “Proportion of bee yards reported after planting with dead bees”
The minimum value is 23% and it corresponds to “2015.”
The maximum value is 66.7% and it corresponds to “2012.”
The title of series 2 is “Proportion of bee yards reported after planting with dead bees and colony effects”
The minimum value is 0% and it corresponds to “2015.”
The maximum value is 33% and it corresponds to “2012.”
The title of series 3 is “Number of bee yards reported after planting with colony effects”
The minimum value is 0% and it corresponds to “2012.”
The maximum value is 76.9% and it corresponds to “2015.”
Figure 3, Plot 1: Number of yards with various symptoms reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean after the planting period 2012-2016.
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
dead bees |
2 |
89 |
74 |
30 |
18 |
dead bees and colony effects |
1 |
43 |
12 |
0 |
5 |
colony effects |
0 |
46 |
204 |
100 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total number of yards |
3 |
178 |
290 |
130 |
37 |
Figure 3, Plot 2: Proportion of yards with various symptoms reported as potentially associated with planting of treated corn and soybean after the planting period 2012-2016.
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
dead bees |
66.7% |
50.0% |
25.5% |
23.1% |
48.6% |
dead bees and colony effects |
33.3% |
24.2% |
4.1% |
0.0% |
10.8% |
colony effects |
0.0% |
25.8% |
70.3% |
76.9% |
40.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total number of yards |
3 |
178 |
290 |
130 |
37 |
