Table 17.

The allocation of the EU crops into sugar content categories and the sugar content values (SN) to be used in Tier 1 risk assessments

Crop group	Sugar category (sugar content)	Sugar content in nectar in % to be used in Tier 1 risk assessments
		Honey bees	Bumble bees	Solitary bees
Anise, badian, fennel, corian, apricots, pears, chillies and peppers, lemons and limes, tobacco	1 (≤ 20%)	15	15	10
Almonds, blueberries, buckwheat, cherries, chicory roots, currants, grapefruit (inc. pomelos), leguminous for silage, melon, mustard seed, oranges, plums and sloes, pumpkins, squash and gourds, quinces, rapeseed, raspberries (and similar berries), safflower seed, seed cotton, sour cherries, soybeans, strawberries, turnips for fodder, vetches	2 (20–30%)	20	20	20
Alfalfa, apples, beans, broad beans, horse beans (dry), clover for forage and silage, cucumbers and gherkins, peaches and nectarines, peppermint, phacelia, sesame seed, sunflower seed	3 (30–40%)	30	30	30
Cabbages and other brassicas, onions	4 (> 40%)	40	40	40