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. 2011 May 13;6(5):e19669. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019669

Table 1. Homing speed and number of released bees.

East West North South
Median homing speed [m·min−1] 36.90±3.26 24.27±3.69 23.53±5.01 26.43±3.89
Maximum homing speed 50.51±9.07 31.01±12.35 33.75±12.43 65.00±11.66
at distance 5000 m 4000 m 300 m 520 m
n(returned in 24h) 124 50 37 108
n(returned) 154 64 48 128
nnreleased) 464 158 122 329

This table shows the median homing speed in the four release directions and the highest homing speed at the respective release distance. The number of bees returning inside the 24 h after release, the number of bees that returned at any time after release and the total number of released bees are noted.