Table 1 Summary statistics for generalised linear models investigating trends in the number of counties (response variable) receiving honey bee imports through time (predictor variable) from different countries of origin.

From: Chronic bee paralysis as a serious emerging threat to honey bees

Country

Estimate

Std. error

t value

P value

Cyprus

0.1000

0.4816

0.208

0.84013

Denmark

2.5818

0.3876

6.660

9.26e−05

Greece

0.2364

0.3970

0.595

0.56627

Hawaiia

−1.7818

0.3766

−4.731

0.001072

Italy

1.9273

0.3021

6.380

0.000128

New Zealand

0.3727

0.2235

−1.668

0.12970

Slovenia

2.6460

0.446

5.932

0.00022

  1. These analyses highlight a significant increase in the number of counties receiving imports from Slovenia, Italy and Denmark between 2007 and 2017 (n = 11 for each GLM).
  2. aImports from Hawaii ceased in 2010 after the discovery of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida).
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