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Description - Figure 5: The number of beeyards reported during planting and post-planting with reported colony effects (as of 17 October 2014)

Bar graph showing the number of bee yards reported in 2012, 2013 and 2014 during planting and post-planting with reported colony effects. During planting includes both corn and soybean planting periods and covers the months of April, May and June for the three years. The post-planting period was considered to be July through October. The number of yards reported with colony effects during planting: 2012 = 21; 2013 = 85; 2014 = 31. The number of yards reported with colony effects post-planting: 2012 = 1; 2013 = 66; 2014 = 202. In 2014, 72 percent of the beeyards reported with colony effects post-planting were reported by three beekeepers.