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 |
|
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. |