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Table I
Mean number and proportion of retinue bees (± SD) attracted to the queens for each group.
A. cerana queen-led | A. mellifera queen-led | Pure A. | Pure A. | |||
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mixed colonies | mixed colonies | cerana | mellifera | |||
colonies | colonies | |||||
A. cerana | A. mellifera | A. cerana | A. mellifera | A. cerana | A. mellifera | |
Col. | retinue | retinue | retinue | retinue | retinue | retinue |
1 | 56.4 ± 6.4 | 54.9 ± 6.4 | 49.4 ± 6.6 | 50.4 ± 3.1 | 101.9 ± 4.9 | 103.9 ± 7.6 |
2 | 46.6 ± 4.6 | 42.9 ± 4.7 | 44.4 ± 5.7 | 51.0 ± 5.0 | 109.1 ± 10.0 | 107.3 ± 12.5 |
3 | 57.3 ± 6.0 | 55.9 ± 5.9 | 49.4 ± 4.6 | 54.1 ± 5.1 | 106.4 ± 11.0 | 112.1 ± 12.6 |
x ± SD | 53.4 ± 7.4 | 51.2 ± 8.1 | 47.8 ± 5.9 | 51.9 ± 4.6 | 105.8 ± 9.1 | 107.8 ± 11.2 |
Proportion | 0.51 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.04 | 0.48 ± 0.04 | 0.52 ± 0.04 |