Journal: Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Article Title: Do small swarms have an advantage when house hunting? The effect of swarm size on nest-site selection by Apis mellifera

doi: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0533

Figure Lengend Snippet: The effect of swarm size on (a) decision quality and (b) decision time for simulations that gave swarms a choice between 30 different nest sites. (a) The total number of times that the best-quality nest site was chosen throughout 1000 simulations for both small and large swarms. In Error bars represent the upper and lower limits of the 95% binomial proportion confidence interval estimated using Matlab's intrinsic statbinoci function (with success corresponding to selection of the best site within the time limit, and failure corresponding to any other outcome). (b) Error bars are plotted one standard deviation above and below the mean time that a decision was made for either the small or large simulated swarms.

Article Snippet: In Error bars represent the upper and lower limits of the 95% binomial proportion confidence interval estimated using Matlab's intrinsic statbinoci function (with success corresponding to selection of the best site within the time limit, and failure corresponding to any other outcome). ( b ) Error bars are plotted one standard deviation above and below the mean time that a decision was made for either the small or large simulated swarms.

Techniques: Selection, Standard Deviation