Table 2.

Mating behaviour of B. friseanus and B. breviceps.

Bumblebee Species	Mating Success		Mating Duration		Queens Re-mated
	Number of Queens	Mating Rate (%)	Number of Mating Pairs	Mating Duration ± S. E. (min)	Number of Queens Observed	Queens Re-mated (%)
Bombus friseanus	259	62.96 a	30	27.44 ± 10.97 a	149	0
Bombus breviceps	216	57.53 a	30	1.54 ± 0.62 b	136	10.07

Same letters in the same column indicate no difference at p > 0.05 level and different letters indicate significant difference at p < 0.01.