Table 1 Adult dry weight and fat weight (2009)
From: Born to be bee, fed to be worker? The caste system of a primitively eusocial insect
| Â | n | Dry weight | Fat weight | Proportion of fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | (mg ± SD) | (mg ± SD) |  |
Foundresses | 28 | 26.13 ± 4.26 | 1.81 ± 0.89 | 6.9 ± 4.1 % |
First brood females | 23 | 20.93 ± 3.80 | 1.23 ± 0.41 | 5.8 ± 3.5 % |
Second brood females | 34 | 25.94 ± 5.94 | 2.52 ± 1.72 | 9.2 ± 4.6 % |
Second brood males | 13 | 13.16 ± 4.34 | 0.79 ± 0.60 | 5.5 ± 3.9 % |