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. 2013 Jun 14;36(1):89–101. doi: 10.1007/s11357-013-9546-7

Table 2.

Hazard ratios (with 95 % CI and p value) of behavioral variables for honeybee workers in queenright (Q+), queenless with initial brood (Q−B), and queenless without initial brood (Q−) observation hives

Replicate 1 (2009) Replicate 2 (2011A) Replicate 3 (2011B)
Q− Q−B Q+ Q− Q−B Q+ Q− Q−B Q+
Oviposition 2 × 10−5 [9 × 10−11–2.9] 10−5 [10−16–106] N/Oa 4,932 [0.0073–3 × 109] 9 × 10−40 [3 × 10−79−2.6] N/Oa 2 × 10−17 [10−39–4 × 105] 4 × 10−4 [4 × 10−17–4 × 109] N/Oa
p = 0.738 p = 0.373 p = 0.215 p = 0.052 p = 0.143 p = 0.610
Queen tending N/Oa N/Oa 0.082 [0.0074–0.907] N/Oa N/Oa 0.24 [0.025–2.4] N/Oa N/Oa 2.3 [0.20–25.9]
p = 0.041 p = 0.224 p = 0.502
Brood tending 4.7 [0.96–22.6] 6 × 10−5 [3 × 10−6–10−3] 1.6 [0.22–12.1] 7 × 10−6 [4 × 10−7–10−4] 7.1 [3.0–16.6] 3.8 [1.8–7.9] 3 × 10−16 [6 × 10−27–10−5] 3.5 [2.0–6.0] 8.4 [4.7–14.9]
p = 0.057 p < 0.001 p = 0.642 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.004 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Foraging 16.7 [0.29–951] 1.0 [0.20–5.0] 4.6 [1.4–15.0] 0.0076 [7 × 10−7–80.0] 2 × 10−4 [10−6–0.033] 3 × 10−4 [5 × 10−6–0.018] 0.014 [5 × 10−4–0.37] 10−5 [2 × 10−7–6 × 10−4] 4 × 10−4 [10−5–0.011]
p = 0.173 p = 0.996 p = 0.011 p = 0.302 p = 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.011 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Pollen foraging 3.5 [0.92–13.2] 0.72 [0.085–6.2] 0.58 [5 × 10−4–673] 0.019 [3 × 10−6–123] 2.5 [0.009–668] 4 × 10−4 [4 × 10−6–0.48] 0.11 [10−4–128.1] 2 × 10−6 [10−11–0.22] 9 × 10−4 [9 × 10−6–0.083]
p = 0.065 p = 0.768 p = 0.882 p = 0.377 p = 0.754 p = 0.001 p = 0.545 p = 0.027 p = 0.002
Grooming N/Aa N/Aa N/Aa 0.29 [0.0062–13.3] 0.17 [0.012–2.4] 0.013 [5 × 10−5–3.3] 0.93 [0.062–13.9] 0.011 [6 × 10−5–1.9] 0.014 [4 × 10−5–5.5]
p = 0.524 p = 0.195 p = 0.123 p = 0.957 p = 0.084 p = 0.163
Fanning N/Aa N/Aa N/Aa 0.14 [4 × 10−4–52.0] 5.0 [0.51–48.7] 0.024 [0.0018–0.31] 3.0 [0.51–17.5] 0.097 [0.010–0.92] 0.75 [0.11–5.3]
p = 0.517 p = 0.168 p = 0.004 p = 0.227 p = 0.042 p = 0.774
Trophallaxi ng N/Aa N/A N/A 3.0 [0.14–63.6] 0.31 [0.018–5.4] 0.26 [0.014–4.9] 1.9 [0.24–14.8] 1.5 [0.31–7.3] 1.0 [0.12–7.9]
p = 0.484 p = 0.424 p = 0.373 p = 0.554 p = 0.613 p = 0.993
Inactivity N/Aa N/Aa N/Aa 0.28 [0.012–6.5] 1.4 [0.012–165] 16.2 [0.28–937] 3 × 10−7 [10−12–0.081] 17.9 [4 × 10−17–4 × 109] 58.6 [0.0031–106]
p = 0.427 p = 0.883 p = 0.178 p = 0.019 p = 0.610 p = 0.418
AFF 0.93 [0.89–0.97] 0.90 [0.87–0.93] 0.92 [0.90–0.96] 0.93 [0.88–0.97] 0.94 [0.91–0.97] 0.89 [0.86–0.93] 0.94 [0.91–0.98] 0.86 [0.79–0.94] 0.90 [0.86 - 0.95]
p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p = 0.003 p = 0.001 p < 0.001

N/A was not measured

aN/O denotes a behavioral status that was not observed