The Effects of the Social Hierarchy Destabilization on the Foraging Activity of Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus styx Richards, 1940 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Table 1

Characteristics of the studied colonies in the beginning/end of the observations.

Colony	Hours of observations	Number of cells	Eggs	Larvae	Pupae	Females^1	Males^2
M14	30	30/31	8/9	10/13	6/5	5/2	1/0
M15	30	52/53	7/7	11/12	11/12	6/2	0/0
M16	30	59/61	20/13	22/24	7/7	6/2	0/0
M17	30	70/71	19/11	21/24	5/7	5/2	3/0
M18	30	22/22	1/3	13/11	5/4	5/2	1/0
M19	30	46/46	11/12	13/16	4/5	5/2	1/0

¹Two females (one of colony M15 and another of colony M16) disappeared during premanipulation observations and were not considered in the data sets, thus in the end of the manipulations the same number of individuals were left in each colony.
²Males which emerged or were seen during the observations were immediately removed from the nests.