Table 1

A Biometrical Study of the Influence of Size of Brood Cell
Upon the Size and Variability of the Honeybee

(Apis mellifera L.)
by Roy A. Grout, 1931

Table 1. Influence of Size of Cell Upon Size of Bee. (Colony 25)
Measurement Taken	Size of Cell A	Mean Diff. of A and B	Size of Cell B	Mean Diff. of B and C	Size of Cell C	Mean Diff. of A and C
Measurement Taken	M +/-	M.D. +/-	M +/-	M.D. +/-	M +/-	M.D. +/-
Dry weight in mgs.	13.10000 +/- 0.0939	2.0302* +/- 0.1427	15.1302 +/- 0.1075	4.6876* +/- 0.2960	19.8178 +/- 0.2758	6.7178* +/- 0.2913
Length of right fore wing in mm.	9.6075 +/- 0.0229	0.0578* +/- 0.0277	9.6655 +/- 0.0155	0.0856* +/- 0.0234	9.7509 +/- 0.0175	0.1434* +/- 0.0288
Width of right fore wing in mm.	3.2836 +/- 0.0109	0.0345* +/- 0.0141	3.3181 +/- 0.0090	0.0381* +/- 0.0120	3.3562 +/- 0.0079	0.0726* +/- 0.0135
Sum of width of 3 and 4 tergites in mm.	4.8545 +/- 0.0148	0.1087* +/- 0.0223	4.9632 +/- 0.0167	0.0721* +/- 0.0235	5.0353 +/- 0.0165	0.1808* +/- 0.0222
Length of proboscis in mm.	6.5916 +/- 0.0190	0.0614* +/- 0.0224	6.6530 +/- 0.0118	0.0750* +/- 0.0188	6.7280 +/- 0.0146	0.1364* +/- 0.0240
Length of mentum in mm.	1.7477 +/- 0.0062	0.0261* +/- 0.0082	1.7733 +/- 0.0053	0.0020 +/- 0.0079	1.7758 +/- 0.0059	0.0281* +/- 0.0086
Length of glossa in mm.	4.2832 +/- 0.0147	0.0517* +/- 0.0172	4.5349 +/- 0.0090	0.0551* +/- 0.0152	4.3880 +/- 0.0125	0.1048* +/- 0.0192
Length of glossa and mentum in mm.	6.0316 +/- 0.0164	0.0771* +/- 0.0196	6.1087 +/- 0.0107	0.0551* +/- 0.0175	6.1638 +/- 0.0138	0.1322* +/- 0.0214
*Mean difference is statistically significant.