Table 2.
Amount Consumed Per Day (mg/bee)* |
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Food | Life Stage/Caste | Bumble Bees | Honey Bees |
sucrose/nectar† | adult worker | 73–4001–5 | 32–4995,6 |
adult queen | 163–13107,8 | 09 | |
larva (non-queen) | 24–605,10,11 | 12–1175,6,9 | |
larva (queen) | unknown | 09 | |
pollen | adult worker | 20–302,5,6,12,13 | 0–125,6 |
adult queen | 37–608,14 | 09 | |
larva (non-queen) | 10–405,11,13 | 0.3–2.76,15–17 | |
larva (queen) | 75–1358 | 09 |
Depending on the source, values may reflect direct measurements or calculated estimates. For comparison purposes, only data that were reported as or could be converted to mg/bee/day were included.
Depending on the source, values may reflect direct measurements of nectar or sucrose solution consumption, or estimates of nectar consumption.
1Tasei et al. 1994, 2Tasei et al. 2000, 3Cresswell et al. 2012, 4Laycock et al. 2012, 5USEPA et al. 2012, 6EFSA 2013, 7Heinrich 1972, 8Pomeroy 1979, 9USEPA et al. 2014, 10Řehoř et al. 2014, 11Pereboom 2000, 12Smeets and Duchateau 2001, 13Tasei and Aupinel 2008, 15Přidal and Hofbauer 1996, 16Simpson 1955, 17Babendreier et al. 2004