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Fig. 2.

From: Honeybee communication during collective defence is shaped by predation

Fig. 2.

Stinging frequency of a bee as a function of the number of pulled stingers on the dummy, for different colonies of origin (numbered from 1 to 3), evaluated using n = 42 bees for each data point, i.e. a total of 756 bees across the 3 colonies. An ANOCOVA detected no significant difference in alarm pheromone responsiveness between colonies (similar slopes), but bees from colony 1 were more aggressive than bees from colony 2 (different means)

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