14 daughter colonies of the 4a were tested:
DE-2-223-5-2005 DE-2-223-6-2005 DE-2-223-8-2005 DE-2-223-10-2005 DE-2-223-11-2005 DE-2-223-12-2005 DE-2-223-15-2005 DE-2-223-16-2005 DE-2-223-18-2005 DE-2-223-19-2005 DE-2-223-21-2005 DE-2-223-22-2005 DE-2-223-24-2005 DE-2-223-25-2005
23 tested queens were mated at the mating station:
DE-2-197-128-2005 DE-2-197-129-2005 DE-2-197-133-2005 DE-2-197-138-2005 DE-2-197-146-2005 DE-2-197-183-2005 DE-2-223-26-2005 DE-2-223-27-2005 DE-2-223-28-2005 DE-2-223-29-2005 DE-2-223-30-2005 DE-2-223-31-2005 DE-2-223-33-2005 DE-2-223-34-2005 DE-2-229-1-2005 DE-2-229-2-2005 DE-2-229-3-2005 DE-2-229-4-2005 DE-2-229-5-2005 DE-2-229-6-2005 DE-2-229-7-2005 DE-2-229-10-2005 DE-2-229-12-2005
15 daughter colonies of queens mated at the mating station were tested:
DE-2-197-7-2006 DE-2-197-64-2006 DE-2-197-65-2006 DE-2-197-66-2006 DE-2-197-74-2006 DE-2-197-80-2006 DE-2-197-84-2006 DE-2-197-89-2006 DE-2-197-94-2006 DE-2-197-95-2006 DE-2-197-96-2007 DE-2-197-101-2007 DE-2-197-113-2007 DE-2-197-115-2007 DE-2-197-118-2007