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Event: 563

Key Event Title

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Death/Failure, Colony

Short name
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Death/Failure, Colony
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Biological Context

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Level of Biological Organization
Population

Key Event Components

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Process Object Action
colony collapse increased

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AOPs Including This Key Event

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AOP Name Role of event in AOP Point of Contact Author Status OECD Status
nAChR activation - colony death/failure2 AdverseOutcome Allie Always (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony loss 3 AdverseOutcome Evgeniia Kazymova (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony loss 4 AdverseOutcome Cataia Ives (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
Chane in caste - Colony loss AdverseOutcome Arthur Author (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
Immune system - Colony loss 1 AdverseOutcome Agnes Aggy (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
Immune system - Colony loss 2 AdverseOutcome Allie Always (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
Glucose oxidase - Colony loss AdverseOutcome Evgeniia Kazymova (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony loss 5 AdverseOutcome Cataia Ives (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony loss 6 AdverseOutcome Brendan Ferreri-Hanberry (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony loss 7 AdverseOutcome Arthur Author (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony loss 8 AdverseOutcome Agnes Aggy (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR activation - colony death 1 AdverseOutcome Agnes Aggy (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
Metabolic stress - Colony loss AdverseOutcome Brendan Ferreri-Hanberry (send email) Open for comment. Do not cite
nAChR to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Allie Always (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Varroa mite leads to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Evgeniia Kazymova (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Varroa mite and abnormal foraging leads to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Cataia Ives (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Weather to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Brendan Ferreri-Hanberry (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Weather to abnormal foraging to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Arthur Author (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Nosema to energy to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Agnes Aggy (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Nosema to role change to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Allie Always (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome
Queen egg-laying to colony loss/failure AdverseOutcome Evgeniia Kazymova (send email) Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome

Taxonomic Applicability

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Key Event Description

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Text from LaLone et al. (2017) Weight of evidence evaluation of a network of adverse outcome pathways linking activaiton of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in honey bees to colony death. Science of the Total Environment 584-585, 751-775:

"Colony death/failure is defined as demise of a functional colony. Dramatic losses in the number of managed honey bee colonies have been reported across the globe (Potts et al., 2010) and efforts have been undertaken to survey and identify trends in losses over time, particularly in the US and European Union. Most recent survey results collected in the US have shown that managed honey bee colony losses are significantly higher than those deemed acceptable by beekeepers (Seitz et al., 2015). From surveying commercial (>300 colonies), sideline (25–300 colonies), and small scale <25 colonies) beekeepers, average annual colony losses (both summer and winter losses) per operation in the US during 2014–2015 were 49%, compared to 18.7% that has been identified by beekeepers as an acceptable loss rate (Seitz et al., 2015). Starvation, poor over-winter survival, and weak colonies, were among the most common perceived causes of loss reported by bee keepers (Seitz et al., 2015). Commercial beekeepers, managing thousands of colonies, self-reported colony collapse disorder and pesticides as third and fourth leading reasons for colony loss, respectively (Seitz et al., 2015)."

How It Is Measured or Detected

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Domain of Applicability

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Regulatory Significance of the Adverse Outcome

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References

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LaLone, C.A., Villeneuve, D.L., Wu-Smart, J., Milsk, R.Y., Sappington, K., Garber, K.V., Housenger, J. and Ankley, G.T., 2017. Weight of evidence evaluation of a network of adverse outcome pathways linking activation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in honey bees to colony death. STOTEN. 584-585, 751-775.

Potts, S.G., Biesmeijer, J.C., Kremen, C., Neumann, P., Schweiger, O., Kunin, W.E., 2010. Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers. Trends Ecol. Evol. 25 (6), 345–353.

Seitz, N., Traynor, K.S., Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Wilson, M.E., Ellis, D., Rose, R., Tarpy, D.R., Sagili, R.R., Caron, D.M., Delaplane, K.S., Rangel, J., Lee, K., Baylis, K., Wilkes, J.T., Skinner, J.A., Pettis, J.S., vanEngelsdorp, D., 2015. A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA. J. Apic. Res. 54 (4), 1–12.