Figure 5.

Changes in egg pattern for the partial reciprocal transplant experiment in 2017. (a) Comparison of the change in the egg pattern—a queen’s egg pattern after the exchange minus her egg pattern before the exchange—to the initial sealed brood pattern classification of good (light grey) or poor (dark grey). Positive values for the change in egg pattern indicate that the brood pattern improved after the exchange and negative values indicate the pattern was worse after the exchange. (b) The potential for change in egg pattern based on variability in the starting egg patterns.