Ecological Archives E096-121-A3

Eri Z. Kadoya and Hiroshi S. Ishii. 2015. Host manipulation of bumble bee queens by Sphaerularia nematodes indirectly affects foraging of non-host workers. Ecology 96:1361–1370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0036.1

Appendix C. Summary of the weather condition before and during the experimental period.

Table C1. Summary of the weather condition before and during the queen removal experimental period (from 25 to 29 June 2010), as recorded at the Japan Meteorological Agency's Higashikawa weather station, located 4.5 km from the experimental site (site C). (http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html)

Date

Weather

Daily precipitation
(mm)

Temperature (°C)

 

Wind speed (m/s)

Hours of
sunlight (h)

Average

Min.

Max.

Average

Min.

Max.

25 June

Sunny

0.0

20.2

14.4

27.5

 

1.3

3.2

5.2

12.5

26 June

Sunny

0.0

23.3

16.5

31

 

1.7

4.7

7.9

13.6

27 June

Sunny
with light cloud

0.0

22.3

15.9

28

 

1.2

2.9

4.8

6.7

28 June

Sunny
with light cloud

0.0

25.1

19.5

32.3

 

1.5

3.8

6.7

8.5

29 June

Sunny

0.0

24.9

18.9

31.9

 

1.9

5.3

9.1

11.7


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