Dataset: Beekeeping Austria

Collection of data related to honey bees in Austria.
Provided by:
Biene Österreich – Imkereidachverband
Contributors: Christian Boigenzahn, Michael Rubinigg
Published: 2023-12-01
Compliance with FAIR* principles
Findable
Accessible
Interoperable
Reusable
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Data Quality
Under evaluation
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Data

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Amount of active ingredient classes

[UID:BKPNG8.MNTFC116.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the annual report series Grüner Bericht (GB) issued by the Austrian Ministry of…
3,872
Metadata Raw
Amount of active ingredient subclasses

[UID:BKPNG8.MNTFC118.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the annual report series Grüner Bericht (GB) issued by the Austrian Ministry of…
4,488
Metadata Raw
Beekeepers

[UID:BKPNG8.BKPRS105.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the association Österreichischer Imkerbund (ÖIB, Austrian beekeepers association…
4,488
Metadata Raw
Description of active ingredient classes

[UID:BKPNG8.DSCRP117.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the annual report series Grüner Bericht (GB) issued by the Austrian Ministry of…
44
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Description of active ingredient subclasses

[UID:BKPNG8.DSCRP119.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the annual report series Grüner Bericht (GB) issued by the Austrian Ministry of…
102
Metadata Raw
Google search terms

[UID:BKPNG8.GGLSR121.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains search terms in German language.
100
Metadata Raw
Google trends

[UID:BKPNG8.GGLTR120.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from Google Trends and contains relative frequencies of search terms, expressed as pe…
93,000
Metadata Raw
Health monitoring Varroa

[UID:BKPNG8.HLTHM113.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains Varroa infestation measurements from the Varroa Alert Service (Varroa-Warndienst) monitor…
168,930
Metadata Raw
Health monitoring website access

[UID:BKPNG8.HLTHM112.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the AWstats application provided by the internet service provider (Hetzner Onlin…
3,696
Metadata Raw
Livestock

[UID:BKPNG8.LVSTC106.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the association Österreichischer Imkerbund (ÖIB, Austrian beekeepers association…
4,488
Metadata Raw
Number of plant protection products

[UID:BKPNG8.NMBRF115.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the annual report series Grüner Bericht (GB) issued by the Austrian Ministry of…
0
Metadata Raw
Organic beekeeping

[UID:BKPNG8.RGNCB108.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the annual report series Grüner Bericht (GB) issued by the Austrian Ministry of…
5,280
Metadata Raw
Organisation

[UID:BKPNG8.RGNST107.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from the association Österreichischer Imkerbund (ÖIB, Austrian beekeepers association…
1,760
Metadata Raw
Price of honey

[UID:BKPNG8.PRCFH110.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from STATcube – Statistical Database of STATISTICS AUSTRIA. It contains annual averag…
275
Metadata Raw
Prices of beekeeping equipment

[UID:BKPNG8.PRCSF109.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was acquired from web shops and printed price lists from 18 retailers in Austria (AT) and Germany…
23,420
Metadata Raw
Production and trade of honey

[UID:BKPNG8.PRDCT111.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It was obtained from STATcube – Statistical Database of STATISTICS AUSTRIA. It contains data on the s…
1,848
Metadata Raw
Reference domains

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC125.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains domains adopted in the dataset to categorize data.
14
Metadata Raw
Reference elements

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC126.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains elements adopted in the dataset to categorize data.
40
Metadata Raw
Reference flags

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC124.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains general annotations on the reported values.
8
Metadata Raw
Reference items

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC127.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains items adopted in the dataset to categorize data.
60
Metadata Raw
Reference months

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC123.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains the name of month and month aggregates, merged with month codes adopted by FAO.
51
Metadata Raw
Reference sources

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC129.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains references to sources from which data or information was obtained.
315
Metadata Raw
Reference units

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC128.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains the units in which the values in the tables are expressed.
24
Metadata Raw
Reference years

[UID:BKPNG8.RFRNC122.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains the name of calendar years, years with a different duration than calendar years, year agg…
356
Metadata Raw
Winter colony losses

[UID:BKPNG8.WNTRC114.0]

Data was provided by the Austrian Beekeepers Federation (BÖ, Biene Österreich-Imkereidachverband). It contains the estimated percentage of colony losses in Austria. It was obtained from a web portal m…
1,410
Metadata Raw

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Dataset Report
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Dataset00008_BeeAT_static.pdf
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Readme
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This is a generated file.
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About

Abstract

This dataset is a collection of data related to honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Austria.

Executive summary

Data overview

This dataset is a collection of data related to honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Austria.

Data value

This dataset was primarily collected to describe all economical, ecological and organizational aspects and to predict future developments of the Austrian beekeeping industry. Moreover, it is intended to be used as a basis and a practical example for data standardization (e.g. the Apimondia BeeXML working group).

Data description

Data for this dataset are stored in 40 data tables related to production, trade of honey bees and beehive products, beekeeping operations, honey bee health, plant protection products, organisations and metrics of internet search engines as well as reference files.

Data application

This data is suited to produce concise tabular and graphical overviews and summaries on a range of social, economic and ecological parameters for stakeholders in the Austrian beekeeping industry. Possible research questions include the following:

  1. What is the most current number of beehives in Austria? How did the number of beehives evolve in time in different areas (administrative units) and organisations? What is predicted for the near future?
  2. What is the most current number of beekeepers/beekeeping operations? How did the number of beekeepers evolve in time in different areas (administrative units) and organisations? What is predicted for the near future?
  3. What is the most current number of organisations? How did the number of organisations evolve in time in different areas (administrative units)? What is predicted for the near future?
  4. What is the most current amount/price/value of honey produced in Austria? How did production evolve in time in different areas (administrative units, agricultural units)? What is predicted for the near future?
  5. What is the most current domestic consumption of honey in Austria? What is the current and past percentage of self-sufficiency in honey production in Austria? How did the numbers evolve in time? What is predicted for the near future?
  6. What is the most current amount/value of honey imported to Austria? Where do imports originate from (absolute and percentage)? How did the numbers evolve in time? What is predicted for the near future?
  7. What is the most current amount/value of honey exported from Austria? Where are exports destinated to (absolute and percentage)? How did the numbers evolve in time? What is predicted for the near future?
  8. What is the most current number of outbreaks of American Foulbrood in Austria? How did the numbers evolve in time in different areas (administrative units)? What is predicted for the near future?
  9. What is the most current number of dead/killed/cured colonies (absolute and in relation to the number of bee colonies kept) due to American Foulbrood in Austria)? How did the numbers evolve in time in different areas (administrative units)? What is predicted for the near future?
  10. What is the most current average infestation level / percentage of colonies above and below threshold of Varroa destructor reported in monitoring colonies of the Austrian Varroa monitoring program? How did the numbers evolve in time in different areas (administrative units)? What is predicted for the near future?
  11. What is the most current average rate of winter losses in Austria as reported in the annual survey of the University of Graz? How did the numbers evolve in time in different areas (administrative units)? What is predicted for the near future?
  12. What is the most current number of plant protection products approved in Austria? How did the numbers evolve in time? What is predicted for the near future?
  13. What is the most current total amount of active ingredients of plant protection products/insecticides marketed in Austria (absolute and per unit agricultural surface)? How did the numbers evolve in time? What is predicted for the near future?
  14. What is the most current amount of the different classes of insecticides marketed in Austria? How did the numbers evolve in time? What is predicted for the near future?

Unresolved issues

n/a

Introduction

The Austrian beekeeping industry, like many others, suffers from a lack of reliable data on the sector, making it difficult to implement efficient policies at national and regional level. This lack of data is partly due to the fact, that for the great majority of individuals beekeeping is a leisure activity and their considerable economic output is not recorded, partly also due to a lack of awareness for the value of data driven decisions. The current dataset has been collected by the Austrian beekeeping federation Biene Österreich to accelerate the production of annual reports on the Austrian beekeeping sector and requires regular manual update.

Material and methods

Data acquisition

Data was obtained from several sources by the Austrian beekeeping federation Biene Österreich.

Data preparation

Raw data was prepared with Excel (Microsoft Corporation, version 16.0.15601.20148). Data was then exported from Excel to a CSV format (coding: UTF-8) and subsequently imported for profiling into a SQL database (MariaDB foundation, Server-Version 10.4.24) running in a XAMPP environment (BitRock, version 3.3.0). Data was exported from the MySQL database to CSV format using UTF-8 coding.

Data validation

None

Data analysis

None

References

  1. Boigenzahn C., Rubinigg M., Simòn Delso N. 2021 Der Österreichische Imkereisektor 2020. (German) Biene Österreich - Imkereidachverband. p. 52.
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Issues
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Properties

Unique identifier

[BKPNG8.0.0]

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/dataset-discovery/BKPNG8.0.0

Status

Quality Validated

Peer review

No peer review was requested.

DOI

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Published

2023-12-01

Access rights

Open

Keywords

AFB, American foulbrood, Austria, Varroa, beekeeping, export, honey, import, organic beekeeping, pesticides, pesticides sales, production, sales, trade, winter colony losses, winter mortality, yield

Regions, the data was collected in

Österreich
Citation
Biene Österreich – Imkereidachverband 2023 Collection of data related to honey bees in Austria.. EU Pollinator Hub. [2025-04-25] app.pollinatorhub.eu
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