Figure 1.
Statistical comparison between environments for colony strength traits and Varroa destructor loads. The top plots (a–c) show pairwise Dunn tests with Benjamini–Hochberg correction, with significance expressed as 0 (****), 0.001 (***), 0.01 (**), 0.05 (*), no-significant (ns). The bottom plots (d,e) show pairwise post-hoc Tukey’s test, with different letters indicating statistically significant differences. (a) Hive weight measured in kilograms (Kruskal–Wallis test, χ2(2) = 26.58, p < 0.0001). (b) Estimated pollen cells per apiary (Kruskal–Wallis test, χ2(2) = 24.08, p < 0.0001). (c) Varroa destructor load measured by the Powdered Sugar method (Kruskal–Wallis test, χ2(2) = 4.72, p > 0.05). (d) Bee population measured as the number of bees per colony (ANOVA, F = 13.64, p < 0.0001; pairwise Tukey, for A vs N p < 0.001, for SN vs N p < 0.05). (e) Brood population measured by quantification of brood cells (ANOVA, F = 23.35, p < 0.0001; pairwise Tukey, for A vs SN p < 0.0001, for A vs N p < 0.0001).
