Table 1. Linear mixed model results for colony measures of waggle-dance intensity.
Response variable | Factor | Factor type | d.f. | Test statistic | P-value |
Number of dance bouts | substance | fixed (a = 2) | 1,39.0 | F = 26.66 | p<0.0001** |
time of day | fixed (a = 3) | 2,39.0 | F = 11.27 | p = 0.0001** | |
substance*time of day | (interaction) | 2,39.0 | F = 6.15 | p = 0.0048** | |
colony | random (a = 3) | – | Z = 0.99 | p = 0.1604 | |
Total number of waggle runs | substance | fixed (a = 2) | 1,41.0 | F = 6.60 | p = 0.0139* |
time of day | fixed (a = 3) | 2,41.0 | F = 15.52 | p<0.0001** | |
substance*time of day | (interaction) | 2,41.0 | F = 4.52 | p = 0.0168* | |
colony | random (a = 3) | – | Z = 0.99 | p = 0.1612 | |
Number of bees engaged in waggle dancing | substance | fixed (a = 2) | 1,38.1 | F = 1.01 | p = 0.3214 |
time of day | fixed (a = 3) | 1,38.3 | F = 0.82 | p = 0.4492 | |
colony | random (a = 3) | – | Z = 0.90 | p = 0.1834 |
* indicates a significant p-value (p<0.05), ** indicates a highly significant p-value (p<0.01).