Bee Toxicity Data for 218 Binary Pesticide Mixtures from Laboratory Tests

218 individual binary mixtures of pesticides and veterinary drugs were collected for statistical analysis of combined toxicity in bees. Data includes lethal dose and concentration endpoints for honeybees and wild bee species across acute contact, chronic oral, and acute oral exposure patterns. Edoardo Carnesecchi of Utrecht University compiled this dataset, described in a 2019 paper.

Use Cases

• Modeling synergistic or antagonistic toxicity effects based on binary mixture composition.
• Comparing lethal dose endpoints across different exposure routes (oral vs. contact).
• Analyzing toxicity data variation between honeybee and wild bee species.
• Statistical analysis of dose-response relationships for acute contact toxicity.

Strengths

• Includes 218 individual binary mixtures for analysis.
• Provides specific counts for different exposure patterns: 133 mixtures for acute contact toxicity, 44 for chronic oral, and 41 for acute oral.
• Contains dose-response data for 92 mixtures in honeybees for acute contact toxicity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Edoardo Carnesecchi, Utrecht University

Collection Method

Collected from laboratory tests, as described in Carnesecchi et al., 2019.