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. 2018 Jul 6;13(7):e0199995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199995

Table 3. Honeybee risk exposure to pesticide groups as expressed by PHQ.

PHQ values of single detections in the same sample of the same pesticide group were added (mean ± SEM). One-way-ANOVA, followed by a pairwise Student t-test at α = 0.05.

Pesticide groupsa) meadow grain fruit F d.f. p
DMI–fungicidesb) 0.033 ± 0.087 a 0.205 ± 0.066 a 0.905 ± 0.105 b 22.4721 2, 278 < 0.0001
QoI–fungicidesb) 0.065 ± 0.186 a 0.171 ± 0.141 a 0.912 ± 0.225 b 4.9262 2, 278 0.0079
non bee-toxic neonicotinoidsc) 0,597 ± 0,425 a 1,753 ± 0,322 b 4,287 ± 0,514 c 15.6119 2, 278 <0.0001
Pyrethroids 0.723 ± 0.378 a 0.010 ± 0.286 a 1.989 ± 0.458 b 6.7775 2, 278 0.0013

a) means in a line followed by the same letter do not differ significantly.

b) Abbreviations see Table 2

c) Acetamiprid, thiacloprid; clothianidin and imidacloprid were detected only at “fruit” site