Table 9

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 9. 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) length of glossa.
Statistical constant	Sign	Size of Cell
Statistical constant	Sign	A	B	C
Standard deviations of samples	-	+/-0.6228 +/-0.1513 +/-0.0721 +/-0.0985 +/-0.0978	+/-0.7372 +/-0.1062 +/-0.0616 +/-0.1144 +/-0.0616	+/-1.8502 +/-0.1173 +/-0.0530 +/-0.1109 +/-0.0828
Standard regression coefficients	-	+0.0297 +0.8353 * -0.2471 +0.0532	-0.1404 +0.3625 ** -0.0106 -0.0022	-0.2640 +0.5759 * +0.0060 +0.0681
Multiple correlation coefficients	R	+0.7035*	+0.3416	+0.5752*
Standard error of estimate		+/-0.0730	+/-0.0606	+/-0.0710
Significance of regression	Z	1.1284*	0.1637	0.7990*

Regression Equations

A. X = +0.0466 A + 0.5400 B – 0.3352 C + 0.0529 D – 0.1118

B. X = -0.1173 A + 0.2102 B – 0.0106 C – 0.0492 D + 02.7602

C. X = -0.01182 A + 0.4064 B + 0.0094 C + 0.0508 D + 0.3720

Analysis of variance of length of glossa 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	2700.16	1350.08	36.7434	3.603958
Within groups	133	8877.22	66.75	8.1701	2.100480
Total	135	11577.38	85.758	9.2606	1.503478
Z = 1.5035*
Correlation coefficient is highly significant. *Correlation coefficient is significant but not highly so.