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. 2019 Aug 2;10(8):237. doi: 10.3390/insects10080237

Table 2.

Internal nest structural features. Number of the combs (NC), with their maximum (LC-max) and minor (LC-min) length, and number of pillars (NP). Surface of the combs (SC). Total surface of the combs (TSC). Total cells (TCN) of V. velutina nests studied.

Nest A Nest B Nest C
Comb num. LC-max LC-min SC-max NP LC-max LC-min SC-max NP LC-max LC-min SC-max
1 14.2 13.1 146.1 12 27.1 21.9 466.1 8 25.1 24.2 477.1
2 14.0 14.0 153.9 13 31.2 26.1 639.6 30 28.9 22.1 501.6
3 16.1 15.6 197.3 12 31.3 27.2 668.7 47 32.1 24.3 612.6
4 13.3 12.2 127.4 15 32.9 30.9 803.6 43 34.5 24.2 655.7
5 - - - 35.2 30.3 837.7 46 36.1 26.2 742.8
6 - - - 33.1 29.2 759.1 43 33.9 25.8 686.9
7 - - - 31.0 25.2 613.6 42 24.9 22.9 447.8
8 - - - 29.1 21.2 484.5 22 7.9 6.1 37.8
9 - - - 24.2 19.3 366.8 14 - - -
Vmin 13.3 12.2 127.4 12 24.2 19.3 366.8 8 7.9 6.1 37.8
Vmax 16.1 15.6 197.3 15 35.2 30.9 837.7 47 36.1 26.2 742.8
NC 4 9 8
TSN 624.7 5639.6 4162.5

Vmin = minimum value; Vmax = maximum value.