Table 3. Compositions of the five colonies headed by neotenics and reproductive mode of neotenics’ parents.
| Colony | Location | Collectiondate | No. of secondary queens genotyped/collected | No. of secondary kings genotyped/collected | Reproductive mode of neotenics’ parents | Breeding system of the colonies of the neotenics’ parents |
| 1 | Shizi Hill, Wuhan City, China | 1 Aug 2011 | 20/30 | 3/5 | Sexual reproduction | Extended family |
| 2 | Shizi Hill, Wuhan City, China | 15 Aug 2011 | 20/74 | 20/51 | Sexual reproduction | Mixed family |
| 3 | Shizi Hill, Wuhan City, China | 23 Apr 2011 | 8/8 | 4/4 | Sexual reproduction | Extended family |
| 4 | Houshan Hill, WuhanCity, China | 20 Apr 2011 | 6/6 | 1/1 | Sexual reproduction | Extended family |
| 5 | Yujia Hill, Wuhan City, China | 20 Apr 2011 | 5/5 | 1/1 | Sexual reproduction | Extended family |