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Mapping the Population Density of Managed Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) Colonies in Ontario, Canada: 2018 Cover

Mapping the Population Density of Managed Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) Colonies in Ontario, Canada: 2018

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Choropleth map of the crude honey bee colony densities across census consolidated subdivisions in Ontario and Southern Ontario.

Table 1

Spherical variogram model parameters for Ontario and Southern Ontario honey bee colony density data

β0Nugget Variance (τ2)Partial Sill (σ2)Range (ϕ) (km)
Ontario
Spherical0.30.0490.2360
Southern Ontario
Spherical0.5710.0540.176191
Fig. 2

(A) Empirical semivariogram model estimation for Ontario fitted with the spherical model (dashed line). (B) Quantile-Quantile plot of the variogram model standardized residuals.

Fig. 3

Geostatistical kriging interpolated honey bee colony density for Ontario.

Fig. 4

(A) Empirical semivariogram model estimation for Southern Ontario, fitted with the spherical model (dashed line). (B) Quantile-Quantile plot of the variogram model residuals.

Fig. 5

Geostatistical kriging interpolated honey bee colony density for Southern Ontario.

Fig. 6

Screenshot of the interactive online dashboard developed, depicting crude regional colony densities for Ontario.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2021-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)
Language: English
Page range: 303 - 314
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 5, 2021
Published on: Dec 28, 2021
Published by: The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2021 Kurtis E. Sobkowich, Olaf Berke, Theresa Bernardo, David Pearl, Paul Kozak, published by The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.