Table 2 Counts by age of female bees with relatives that qualify as possible mothers or daughters both genotypically and by age category. Shown for each colony are the total number of adult females, the number of these having immature first-order relatives, the number of immatures with adult first-order relatives (listed by age form), the total number of immatures with first-order adult relatives, and the total number of immature females. Adults are age forms 11 and 10; forms 9-1 are successively younger brood.

Colony Total Adult Females Adults with Immature Relatives Immature Females With Adult Relatives - Age Classes Total Immature Females 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Total 1 3 1 1 — — — 1 — — — — 2 17 2 2 0 — — — — — — — — — 0 8 3 6 0 — — — — — — — — — 0 23 4 6 4 5 1 — 2 2 2 1 1 — 14 35 5 0 0 — — — — — — — — — 0 10 6 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 — — 1 8 15 7 3 2 — — 1 — — — — — — 1 27 8 3 3 2 1 — 2 — — — — — 5 12 9 1 1 — — — 1 1 — — — — 2 6 Total 26 14 9 4 2 6 5 3 1 1 1 32 153