59-05-032 Proceeding

368 Proceedings of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Congress Colony No. of cells inspected No. of cells infested by only 1 foundress Percentage of cells infested by only 1 foundress Non-reproductive mites Reproductive mites N Percentage non- reproductive No eggs (%) Delayed eggs (%) N Percentage reproductive No. of progeny Progeny per mite 10 1,784 49 2.7 22 44.9 21 1 27 55.1 35 1.3 11 632 22 3.5 13 59.1 13 0 9 40.9 11 1.2 12 3,241 38 1.2 22 57.9 22 0 16 42.1 21 1.3 13 3,453 53 1.5 39 73.6 38 1 14 26.4 16 1.1 14 992 36 3.6 27 75.0 26 1 9 25.0 12 1.3 15 2,693 34 1.3 22 64.7 22 0 12 35.3 15 1.3 16 745 23 3.1 18 78.3 18 0 5 21.7 5 1.0 17 592 24 4.1 17 70.8 17 0 7 29.2 7 1.0 18 856 27 3.2 20 74.1 20 0 7 25.9 8 1.1 19 951 21 2.2 17 81.0 17 0 4 19.0 6 1.5 20 636 18 2.8 12 66.7 12 0 6 33.3 8 1.3 21 964 32 3.3 16 50.0 16 0 16 50.0 25 1.6 Total or average 24,857 553 2.6 355 64.4 350 (98.6) 5 (1.4) 198 35.6 262 1.3 The average number of adult female progeny per foundress 1.3 in cells with single foundresses (Table 2). Of the 198 reproductive mites, 142 produced one daughter, 48 produced two daughters, and 8 produced three daughters (Table 3). Table 3 Frequency of reproductive T. mercedesae that produced different numbers of progeny in worker brood of A. dorsata . colony No. of reproductive mites No. of progeny produced by a reproductive mite 1 2 3 1 8 6 2 - 2 10 6 4 - 3 6 3 2 1 4 5 3 1 1 5 5 4 - 1 6 9 5 3 1 7 6 6 - - 8 11 8 2 1 9 6 3 3 - 10 27 20 6 1 11 9 7 2 - 12 16 11 5 - 13 14 12 2 - 14 9 6 3 -