Figure 2. Linear regressions between biological parameters
(number of external activity of workers, egg-laying rate, food stocks
(total weight) and brood cells (for details on parameter estimation, seeMaterials and Methods ) and colony size (adult bees) of each bee
species studied (Melipona flavolineata [8 colonies],Melipona fasciculata [9], Scaptotrigona aff.postica [13], Frieseomelitta longipes [9] andPlebeia minima [12]).