Chapter 44, Problem 14PIAT

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

Based on the researcher’s result, the correctness of the hypothesis and explain the rationale behind it.

Introduction:

A beehive consists of three different types of bees, namely, a queen bee, male drones, and infertile female workers. Pheromones are the chemical substances, which are released by certain animals into the environment, which affects the activity of other animals. The pheromone produced by the queen bee is capable of attracting the worker and the drones, however, the growth of ovaries is retarded in the worker bees. In order to test the hypothesis, the researcher exposed the worker bees to the chemically synthesized pheromones.

The ovary development score for worker bees was recorded in this study. In the graph shown below, the higher score indicates for the full development of ovaries. Furthermore, *** signifies for the value of probability less than 0.001.