Table 10

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 10. Statistical Constants of Bees from Colony 25.
Correlation of (A) dry weight, (B) length of right fore wing, (C) width of right fore wing, and (D) sum of the widths of the third and fourth targites on (X) sum of lengths of glossa and mentum.
Statistical constant	Sign	Size of Cell
Statistical constant	Sign	A	B	C
Standard deviations of samples	-	+/-0.6228 +/-0.1513 +/-0.0721 +/-0.0985 +/-0.1088	+/-0.7372 +/-0.1062 +/-0.0616 +/-0.1144 +/-0.0735	+/-1.8502 +/-0.1173 +/-0.0530 +/-0.1109 +/-0.0926
Standard regression coefficients	-	+0.1207 +0.7652 * -0.0920 -0.0556	-0.1181 +0.3659 ** +0.1364 -0.1430	-0.1620 +0.6737 * -0.0710 +0.0824
Multiple correlation coefficients	R	+0.7493*	+0.4147	+0.6315*
Standard error of estimate		+/-0.0757	+/-0.0700	+/-0.0753
Significance of regression	Z	1.2623*	0.3899	0.9460*

Regression Equations

A. X = +0.2109 A + 0.5503 B – 0.1388 C – 0.0615 D + 1.2228

B. X = -0.1178 A + 0.2533 B + 0.1627 C – 0.0919 D + 3.7551

C. X = -0.0801 A + 0.5314 B – 0.1241 C + 0.0687 D + 1.2115

Analysis of variance of sum of lengths of glossa and mentum of A, B and C groups.

Source of Variation	Degrees of Freedom	Sum of Squares	Mean Square or Variance	Standard Deviation	Natural Log of S.D.
Between groups	2	3940.95	1970.48	44.3901	3.793016
Within groups	133	11347.13	85.32	9.2369	2.223206
Total	135	15288.08	113.25	10.6419	1.569810
Z = 1.5698*
Correlation coefficient is highly significant. *Correlation coefficient is significant but not highly so.