Table 1.
Numbers and proportions of workers removed. (LW, large workers; SW, small workers. As many LW as possible were removed from LW-removal colonies, while an equal number of LW and SW were removed from the LWSW-removal colonies such as to total an estimated 15% of the colony populations.)
| colony | removal treatment | size-matched pair | removal treatment | estimated population | individuals removed | estimated proportion removed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colony | LW | LW | SW | colony | LW | ||||
| 219 | LW | 1 | LW | 2000 | 450 | 256 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.64 |
| 112 | LW | 2 | LW | 1550 | 349 | 301 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.97 |
| 227 | LW | 3 | LW | 1450 | 326 | 243 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.84 |
| 223 | LW | 4 | LW | 1200 | 270 | 177 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.74 |
| 143 | LW | 5 | LW | 350 | 79 | 43 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.61 |
| 221 | LWSW | 1 | LWSW | 1750 | 394 | 131 | 131 | 0.15 | 0.38 |
| 220 | LWSW | 2 | LWSW | 1550 | 349 | 116 | 116 | 0.15 | 0.38 |
| 135b | LWSW | 3 | LWSW | 1550 | 349 | 116 | 116 | 0.15 | 0.38 |
| 226 | LWSW | 4 | LWSW | 1000 | 225 | 75 | 75 | 0.15 | 0.38 |
| 124 | LWSW | 5 | LWSW | 500 | 113 | 38 | 38 | 0.15 | 0.38 |