Research Article

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

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Box-plots indicating the means, median, 25th and 75th percentiles and non-outlier range of the data set used to compare the effect of the number of removals regardless the female hierarchical position. When compared with the control (0), the removal of 2 or 3 females, regardless of their social position, decreased significantly the mean number foraging trips/hour of Mischocyttarus cerberus styx (0: no manipulation; 1: removal of 1 female; 2: removal of 2 females; 3: removal of 3 females). Statistical significance at the level of 0.05.
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