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Table II
Mean values (± se) for ending colony bee population in bee colonies housed on conventional-sized brood cells or small cells. Colonies of both cell types were set up in August 2006 (15966 bees), March 2007 (11612 bees), or April 2008 (10886 bees). Ending data were collected in June 2007 (August 2006 and March 2007 colonies) and August 2008 (April 2008 colonies). Means for this variable are reported by experiment start date which interacted significantly with treatment. Numbers in parentheses = n. The occurrence of significant treatment effects (α ≤ 0.05) is indicated by *.
Variable | Conventional-cell | Small-cell |
Ending colony bee popn. | August 2006 | |
5653 ± 1082 (3) | 14994 ± 2494 (3)* | |
March 2007 | ||
10960 ± 2115 (6) | 13717 ± 1309 (9) | |
April 2008 | ||
14629 ± 1111 (9) | 12461 ± 2177 (9) |