Table 4.
Measurements of queen cells and body weight of neonate queens regarding different diets.
| Artificial diets (30% solution of each) |
Control | F-test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Soybean Flour | Sugar cane syrup | Date Paste | Black gram flour | Grinded groundnuts | ||
| Queen cell width (mm) | 6.95 ± 2.01a | 6.03 ± 0.71b | 6.67 ± 0.78ab | 5.43 ± 0.39c | 4.87 ± 0.41 cd | 4.10 ± 0.23d | ns |
| Queen cell length (mm) | 0.2041 ± 0.023a | 0.18 ± 0.03b | 0.19 ± 0.06a | 0.16 ± 0.04 cd | 0.14 ± 0.010d | 0.8 ± 0.01a | * |
| Newly emerged queen weight (g) | 12.41 ± 0.81a | 10.23 ± 0.67b | 11.94 ± 0.54a | 9.87 ± 0.71b | 7.26 ± 0.80c | 5.31 ± 0.75d | ** |
| Queen cell opening diameter (mm) | 28.10 ± 2.89a | 24.34 ± 2.11ab | 27.82 ± 3.23a | 21.45 ± 1.30b | 17.39 ± 2.57c | 12.64 ± 2.05d | ns |
Data are displayed as average ± standard deviation (S.D.) and assembled rendering to Duncan's multiple range test (α = 0.05). Values having different lettering are statistically different. Significance based on F-test: ns = p > 0.05; p < 0.05*, p < 0.01;**