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 3.
Influence of Size of Cell Upon
Size of Bee. (Colony 21) |
| 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 |
15.7350
+/- 0.1654 |
0.2443
+/- 0.2694 |
15.4907
+/- 0.2127 |
0.4449
+/- 0.2456 |
15.9356
+/- 0.1228 |
0.2006
+/- 0.2060 |
| Length
of proboscis |
6.6710
+/- 0.0185 |
0.0741*
+/- 0.0235 |
6.7451
+/- 0.0148 |
0.0269
+/- 0.0195 |
6.7720
+/- 0.0127 |
0.1010*
+/- 0.0227 |
| Length
of right fore wing |
9.6930
+/- 0.0227 |
0.1442*
+/- 0.0290 |
9.8572
+/- 0.0181 |
0.0657
+/- 0.0333 |
9.9029
+/- 0.0280 |
0.2099*
+/- 0.0360 |
| Width
of right fore wing |
3.3093
+/- 0.0133 |
0.0474*
+/- 0.0155 |
3.3567
+/- 0.0079 |
-0.0003
+/- 0.0146 |
3.3564
+/- 0.0185 |
0.0471*
+/- 0.0181 |
| Sum
of width of 3 and 4 tergites |
4.9938
+/- 0.0169 |
0.1611*
+/- 0.0282 |
5.1549
+/- 0.0226 |
0.0253
+/- 0.0282 |
5.1802
+/- 0.0169 |
0.1864*
+/- 0.0239 |
| *Mean
difference is statistically significant. |
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