Diploid Male Production of Two Amazonian Melipona Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Table 1

Sex segregation of Melipona seminigra merrillae (colonies MSM) and M. interrupta manaosensis (colonies MIM).

Colonies MSM	♂	♀	Sex ratio	G-test	Colonies MIM	♂	♀	Sex ratio	G-test
01	06	89	0.06	S	01	00	74	0.00	S
02	00	74	0.00	S	02	00	36	0.00	S
03	07	55	0.11	S	03	00	63	0.00	S
04	09	78	0.10	S	04	00	31	0.00	S
05	00	60	0.00	S	05	00	53	0.00	S
06	00	63	0.00	S	06	00	69	0.00	S
07	14	55	0.20	S	07	00	81	0.00	S
08	00	69	0.00	S	08	08	32	0.20	S
09	06	82	0.07	S	09	05	78	0.06	S
10	13	21	0.38	S	⇒10	39	56	0.41	NS
11	09	33	0.21	S	11	00	65	0.00	S
12	07	46	0.13	S	12	00	84	0.00	S
13	00	52	0.00	S	13	01	64	0.02	S
14	27	66	0.29	S	14	00	57	0.00	S
15	00	81	0.00	S	15	01	62	0.02	S
16	87	00	1.00	S	16	13	59	0.18	S
17	00	70	0.00	S	17	11	51	0.18	S
18	35	76	0.31	S	18	00	88	0.00	S
19	04	55	0.07	S	19	03	66	0.04	S
⇒20	53	54	0.49	NS	20	00	78	0.00	S
21	03	80	0.04	S	21	00	46	0,00	S
22	16	43	0.27	S	22	03	57	0.05	S
23	16	84	0.16	S	23	00	53	0.00	S
24	86	13	0.87	S	24	00	58	0.00	S
25	03	56	0.05	S	25	00	64	0.00	S
26	22	61	0.26	S	26	00	51	0.00	S
⇒27	39	54	0.42	NS	27	00	57	0.00	S
28	77	52	0.60	S	28	01	62	0.02	S
⇒29	26	32	0.45	NS	29	00	48	0.00	S
30	3	97	0.03	S	30	00	63	0.00	S
31	12	48	0.20	S	31	00	79	0.00	S
					⇒ 32	21	29	0.42	NS

*Null hypothesis, sex ratio 1 : 1; G-test, critical values (G = 3.841; DF = 1; 𝑃=0.95 and α = 0.05); S: significant; NS: nonsignificant; ⇒Colonies with a 1 : 1 sex ratio.