4 daughter colonies of the 4a were tested:
DE-2-729-1047-2005 DE-2-729-1048-2005 DE-2-729-2010-2005 DE-2-729-2023-2005
23 tested queens were mated at the mating station:
DE-2-171-1-2006 DE-2-171-5-2006 DE-2-171-8-2006 DE-2-171-10-2006 DE-2-171-11-2006 DE-2-171-12-2006 DE-2-171-15-2006 DE-2-171-18-2006 DE-2-171-19-2006 DE-2-171-20-2006 DE-2-171-21-2006 DE-2-171-22-2006 DE-2-171-25-2006 DE-2-171-26-2006 DE-2-171-35-2006 DE-2-722-11-2006 DE-2-722-14-2006 DE-2-729-1-2006 DE-2-730-5-2006 DE-2-730-6-2006 DE-2-730-14-2006 DE-2-730-15-2006 DE-2-730-17-2006
6 daughter colonies of queens mated at the mating station were tested:
DE-2-171-31-2008 DE-2-171-32-2008 DE-2-171-33-2008 DE-2-171-34-2008 DE-2-171-36-2008 DE-2-171-37-2008