Table 4.

Rate (%) of loss (95% CI) of honey bee colonies due to problems with the queen, natural disasters, or empty hives/dead colonies during the winter seasons of 2016–2017 to 2021–2022 in different types of beekeeping operations.

	Type of Loss (%, 95% CI)
Type of Operation	Queen Problems	Natural Disasters	Empty or Dead
Hobby	7.5 (6.5–8.5)	5.7 (4.5–6.9)	8.3 (7.0–9.6)
Secondary activity	6.4 (5.4–7.3)	5.6 (4.6–6.7)	9.0 (7.8–10.2)
Professional	9.7 (5.6–13.8)	3.1 (1.5–4.7)	10.9 (6.8–14.9)
Kruskal–Wallis X2, p-value	6.6, 0.03	3.1, 0.21	6.0, 0.04