Table 5.
Worker brood, honey, and pollen stored by native Saudi (Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner) and carniolan (Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann) colonies and their F1 hybrid during winter (Early December 1992–Late February 1993).
| Biological Character | Month | Activities of Colonies | |||||
| Apis mellifera jemenitica | variance | Apis mellifera carnica | variance | first hybrid | variance | ||
| Worker brood (in2) | Dec.Feb. | 189.8079.00 | -58.4% | 61.00122.50 | +50.2% | 161.00112.00 | -30.4% |
| Stored honey (kg) | Dec.Feb. | 1.641.14 | -30.5% | 2.750.65 | -76.5% | 3.171.01 | -68.1% |
| Pollen (in2) | Dec.Feb. | 53.3035.30 | -33.8% | 15.5012.80 | -17.4% | 16.306.80 | -58.3% |