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 |
|
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. |
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