Table 2

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 2. Influence of Size of Cell Upon Size of Bee. (Colony 18)
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	16.1020 +/- 0.2054	0.7895* +/- 0.2422	15.3125 +/- 0.1284	1.6115* +/- 0.1542	16.9240 +/- 0.0854	6.8220* +/- 0.2224
Length of right fore wing	9.6390 +/- 0.0241	0.0619 +/- 0.0360	9.5771 +/- 0.0268	0.1551* +/- 0.0522	9.7302 +/- 0.0175	0.0912* +/- 0.02996
Width of right fore wing	3.3210 +/- 0.0115	0.0094 +/- 0.0146	3.3304 +/- 0.0093	0.0140 +/- 0.0123	3.5444 +/- 0.0080	0.0254 +/- 0.0138
Sum of width of 3 and 4 tergites	4.9212 +/- 0.0187	0.0065 +/- 0.0260	4.9275 +/- 0.0181	0.0605* +/- 0.0276	4.9880 +/- 0.0208	0.0668* +/- 0.0280
Length of proboscis	6.5778 +/- 0.0166	0.0130 +/- 0.0314	6.5908 +/- 0.0266	0.0794* +/- 0.0305	6.6702 +/- 0.0150	0.0924* +/- 0.0224
*Mean difference is statistically significant.