13 daughter colonies of the 4a were tested:
DE-8-73-11-1971 DE-8-73-12-1971 DE-8-73-13-1971 DE-8-73-14-1971 DE-8-73-15-1971 DE-8-73-16-1971 DE-8-73-17-1971 DE-8-73-18-1971 DE-8-73-19-1971 DE-8-73-20-1971 DE-8-73-21-1971 DE-8-73-22-1971 DE-8-73-27-1971
28 tested queens were mated at the mating station:
DE-8-36-3171-1974 DE-8-36-3172-1974 DE-8-36-3173-1974 DE-8-36-3174-1974 DE-8-36-3176-1974 DE-8-36-3178-1974 DE-8-57-220-1974 DE-8-57-222-1974 DE-8-57-225-1974 DE-8-57-227-1974 DE-8-57-228-1974 DE-8-57-229-1974 DE-8-57-230-1974 DE-8-73-2-1974 DE-8-73-4-1974 DE-8-73-6-1974 DE-8-73-8-1974 DE-8-73-9-1974 DE-8-73-10-1974 DE-8-73-15-1974 DE-8-73-16-1974 DE-8-73-17-1974 DE-8-73-18-1974 DE-8-73-19-1974 DE-8-73-20-1974 DE-8-73-25-1974 DE-8-73-26-1974 DE-8-149-8-1974
23 daughter colonies of queens mated at the mating station were tested:
DE-8-36-3590-1975 DE-8-36-3591-1975 DE-8-57-131-1976 DE-8-57-132-1976 DE-8-57-134-1976 DE-8-57-135-1976 DE-8-57-136-1976 DE-8-57-137-1976 DE-8-73-1-1977 DE-8-73-2-1977 DE-8-73-3-1977 DE-8-73-4-1977 DE-8-73-5-1977 DE-8-73-6-1977 DE-8-73-7-1977 DE-8-73-8-1977 DE-8-73-9-1977 DE-8-73-10-1977 DE-8-73-11-1977 DE-8-73-12-1977 DE-8-73-13-1977 DE-8-73-14-1977 DE-8-73-15-1977