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Table 2. Results of binomial tests of the order of task performance based on age of first performance
Preceding task Following task
Pulp Carbohydrate Protein
1998
Nest <0.0001 (140) [12] <0.0001 (183) [18] <0.0001 (129) [7]
Pulp 0.006 (83) [11] <0.0001 (60) [4]
Carbohydrate 0.003 (71) [23]
1999
Nest <0.0001 (199) [20] <0.0001 (375) [19] <0.0001 (192) [8]
Pulp 0.94 (189) [35] 0.0001 (127) [29]
Carbohydrate <0.0001 (161) [45]

In each set of three numbers, the first is the p-value for each pair of tasks. Numbers in ( ) are sample size, numbers in brackets [ ] are number of ties, i.e. number of wasps that performed both tasks for the first time on the same day. Ties were excluded from the binomial test and are not included in the sample size.
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