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. 2017 Sep 27;13(9):20170484. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0484

Table 1.

Accounts of bee deaths on linden (Tilia sp.).

Tilia species no. dead bees no. trees dead bees/tree city country date % Bombus % Apis main species notes reference
T. tomentosa 417 13 32 Bonn Germany 29 July 1975 100 0 B. terrestris A. mellifera not recorded Madel [12]
T. tomentosa 1937 2 968 Münster Germany 14 July 2000 83 17 B. terrestris Illies [13]
T. tomentosa 1833 5 367 Eberswalde East Germany 13 August 1987 79 21 B. terrestris Donath [14]
T. tomentosa 716 9 80 Berlin East Germany July 1988 61 39 B. lucorum Donath [14]
T. tomentosa 49 25 2 Casel East Germany 08 August 1987 100 0 B. lucorum incomplete collection? Donath [14]
T. tomentosa 1637 1 1637 Steinfurt-Borghorst Germany July 1990 99.5 0.5 B. terrestris Mühlen et al. [15]
T. tomentosa 1702 1 1702 Steinfurt-Borghorst Germany 07.July 1991 ? ? B. terrestris same tree as above Mühlen et al. [15]
T. tomentosa 1412 1 1412 Steinfurt-Borghorst Germany July 1992 ? ? B. terrestris same tree as above Mühlen et al. [15]
T. tomentosa 2210 1 2210 Münster Germany July 1992 ? ? B. terrestris Mühlen et al. [15]
T. tomentosa 300 1 300 Torun Poland 2003 83 17 B. terrestris Pawlikowski [16]
T. tomentosa 1608 1 1608 Dülmen Germany July 1993 100 0 ? A. mellifera not recorded Surholt & Baal [17]
T. tomentosa 1603 ? ? Osnabrück Germany 1994 100 0 B. terrestris A. mellifera not recorded Zucchi [18]
T. tomentosa 141 1 141 Gera East Germany July 1989 89 11 B. terrestris incomplete collection Breinl [19]
T. tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ ‘hundreds’ 1 ‘hundreds’ Innsbruck Austria July 1994 ? ? Bombus spp. Schedl [20]
T. tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ 403 1 403 Richmond UK 05 August 2016 99 1 B. terrestris Kew Gardens H. Koch 2016, personal observation
T. tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ ? 1 ? Tortworth UK 1908 ? ? ? dead bees ‘manured ground’ Elwes & Henry [21]
T. tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ 660 1 660 Gera East Germany July 1989 67 33 B. terrestris Botanical Garden Breinl [19]
T. tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ 86 1 86 Gera East Germany July 1989 83 17 B. terrestris incomplete collection Breinl [19]
T. × euchlora 247 30 8 Luckau East Germany 02 August 1987 71 29 B. hypnorum Donath [14]
T. × euchlora 82 11 7 Erfurt East Germany 24 July 1988 93 7 B. lapidarius Donath [14]
T. × euchlora 983 1 983 Steinfurt-Borghorst Germany July 1990 97 3 B. terrestris Mühlen et al. [15]
T. × euchlora 816 70 12 Gera East Germany July 1989 72 28 B. terrestris incomplete collection Breinl [19]
T. × euchlora 336 1 336 Gera East Germany July 1989 89 11 B. terrestris incomplete collection Breinl [19]
T. × euchlora 372 50 7 Gera East Germany July 1989 67 33 B. terrestris incomplete collection Breinl [19]
T. cordata 10 1 10 Münster Germany 22 June 2000 80 20 B. terrestris Illies [13]
T. cordata 534 4 134 Steinfurt-Borghorst Germany July 1990 77 23 ? Mühlen et al. [15]
T. cordata 12 1 12 Torun Poland 2003 50 50 B. terrestris Pawlikowski [16]
T. cordata 50 000 55 909 Wilsonville USA 13 June 2013 100 0 B. vosnesenskii killed by Dinotefuran? Black & Vaughan [22]
T. platyphyllos 40 2 20 Münster Germany 15 June 2000 71 29 B. terrestris Illies [13]
T. platyphyllos 78 1 78 Berlin East Germany 13 June 1988 5 92 A. mellifera Donath [14]
T. platyphyllos 373 4 93 Steinfurt-Borghorst Germany July 1990 62 38 ? Mühlen et al. [15]
T. spp. 608 102 6 Linz Austria 04 August 1978 41 59 A. mellifera incomplete collection Pfitzner [23]