Figure 3: Conditional predictions of the thiamethoxam dose–response function of honeybee homing failure probability.
From: Pesticide risk assessment in free-ranging bees is weather and landscape dependent
The predicted dose–response curves were computed for different combinations of temperature and landmarks availability, ranging from low landmark density (2 km long network of hedgerows and forest edges in the 1-km diameter area homing bees have to cover between the release point and the colony) to high landmark density (8 km). Intercepts show expected homing failure for non-treated bees in the context of the experiment. Intercepts therefore set the control value needed to calculate mortality rate due to homing failure, mHF, for honeybees exposed to a given dose.
