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. 2014 Jul 1;5(3):513–527. doi: 10.3390/insects5030513

Table 3.

Number of queens with recorded nuptial flights, number of mated (queens which started egg laying) and lost queens (queens which did not return from the mating station) for each location and experiment week. Two of the mated queens were not recorded at all.

Calendar week Total number of monitored queens Queens with recorded flights Mated queens Lost queens
Gehlberg
22 8 7 7 1
24 8 7 7 1
26 8 5 5 3
27 8 3 3 5
Oberhof
22 8 7 7 1
24 8 6 8 0
26 8 8 8 0
27 8 8 8 0