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 4.
Correlation Coefficients of Bees from Colony 25.
Measurement Taken Size
of Cell
Length of right fore wing Width of right fore wing Sum of widths of 3 and 4 tergites Length of proboscis Length of glossa Length of mentum Sum of lengths of mentum & glossa
Dry weight A
B
C
+0.4738*
+0.3217*
+0.3135*
+0.4255*
+0.3780*
+0.2674
+0.3873*
+0.2242
+0.3354
**
+0.4460*
+0.0919
+0.1939
+0.3410**
-0.0483
-0.0591
+0.3135**
+0.0378
+0.2634
+0.4227*
+0.0191
+0.0596
Length of right fore wing A
B
C
  +0.7095*
+0.4427*
+0.6312*
+0.3011**
+0.2108
+0.3635
**
+0.7274*
+0.2818*
+0.6297*
+0.6902*
+0.2934**
+0.5216*
+0.3538**
+0.2258
+0.3324
**
+0.7404*
+0.3582**
+0.6086*
Width of right fore wing A
B
C
    +0.2444
+0.1164
+0.1831
+0.4716*
+0.1776
+0.2918
+0.3713*
+0.0861
+0.3113
*
+0.4060*
+0.3314**
+0.1121
+0.1991
-0.0764
+0.2607
Sum of widths of 3 and 4 tergites A
B
C
      +0.2120
-0.1406
+0.2241
+0.2559
-0.0476
+0.1900
-0.0886
-0.0733
+0.2124
+0.9547*
+0.9546*
+0.9430*
Length of proboscis A
B
C
        +0.3977*
+0.4967*
+0.5570*
+0.9091*
+0.8487*
+0.7881*
+0.3011**
+0.2108
+0.3635
**
Length of glossa A
B
C
          +0.0682
+0.0288
+0.1835
+0.4311*
+0.5219*
+0.3121**
Length of mentum A
B
C
            +0.6565*
+0.8838*
+0.8355*
*Correlation coefficient is highly significant.
**Correlation coefficient is significant but not highly so.
 
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