Table 2.

Pairwise post hoc comparisons and effect size for colony level response variables in which there was a significant treatment strategy main effect. “Group 1” and “Group 2” refer to the two groups in the comparison. “Cold storage” column indicates whether or not group was placed in the cold storage facility; “Miticide” column indicates whether or not group was treated with miticide after the storage period at the end of October; “N1” and “N2” columns show sample sizes for Groups 1 and 2, respectively. Effect size (with 95% confidence intervals) were calculated using Hedge’s g: t × ((n1 + n2)/(n1 × n2))^0.5 where t is the t value of the contrast. Contrasts which do not have zero in the effect size s.e. interval are in bold.

Response variable	Group 1		Group 2		N1	N2	t value	Effect size	Effect size s.e
	Cold storage	Miticide	Cold storage	Miticide
Log adults	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	29	32	1.49	0.382	0.570
	Yes	No	No	No	29	29	− 1.61	0.423	0.595
	Yes	No	No	Yes	29	39	0.91	0.223	0.505
	Yes	Yes	No	No	32	29	− 3.15	0.808	0.759
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	32	39	− 0.69	0.165	0.481
	No	No	No	Yes	29	39	2.65	0.650	0.660
Log brood	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	28	32	− 1.24	0.321	0.283
surface area	Yes	No	No	No	28	29	− 7.8	2.067	0.789
	Yes	No	No	Yes	28	39	− 7.54	1.868	0.706
	Yes	Yes	No	No	32	29	− 6.93	1.777	0.688
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	32	39	− 6.66	1.589	0.615
	No	No	No	Yes	29	39	1.03	0.253	0.261
Log daily temperature	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	483	562	− 1.31	0.081	0.068
	Yes	No	No	No	483	476	1.87	0.121	0.077
	Yes	No	No	Yes	483	620	− 0.81	0.049	0.063
	Yes	Yes	No	No	562	476	2.91	0.181	0.089
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	562	476	0.51	0.032	0.063
	No	No	No	Yes	476	476	− 2.65	0.172	0.089