17 daughter colonies of the 4a were tested:
DE-8-8-410-2002 DE-8-8-411-2002 DE-8-8-412-2002 DE-8-8-413-2002 DE-8-8-414-2002 DE-8-8-415-2002 DE-8-8-416-2002 DE-8-8-417-2002 DE-8-8-418-2002 DE-8-8-419-2002 DE-8-8-420-2002 DE-8-8-421-2002 DE-8-8-422-2002 DE-8-8-423-2002 DE-8-8-424-2002 DE-8-8-425-2002 DE-8-8-426-2002
17 tested queens were mated at the mating station:
DE-8-8-410-2002 DE-8-8-411-2002 DE-8-8-412-2002 DE-8-8-413-2002 DE-8-8-414-2002 DE-8-8-415-2002 DE-8-8-416-2002 DE-8-8-417-2002 DE-8-8-418-2002 DE-8-8-419-2002 DE-8-8-420-2002 DE-8-8-421-2002 DE-8-8-422-2002 DE-8-8-423-2002 DE-8-8-424-2002 DE-8-8-425-2002 DE-8-8-426-2002
11 daughter colonies of queens mated at the mating station were tested:
DE-8-8-463-2004 DE-8-8-464-2004 DE-8-8-465-2004 DE-8-8-466-2004 DE-8-8-467-2004 DE-8-8-468-2004 DE-8-8-469-2004 DE-8-8-471-2004 DE-8-8-472-2004 DE-8-8-473-2004 DE-8-8-474-2004