SummaryThe rate of mortality during developmental stages, and the duration of each stage, were investigated in colonies of Apis mellifera. The final result was different for each oviposition sample; although a few ovipositions showed more or less similar viability patterns, the majority showed much divergence. The sequence of 3 days for the egg, 5 days for unsealed brood, and 12 days for sealed brood, best represented the duration of the immature stages. The viability pattern of a colony cannot be determined from a single sample of ovipositions.
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Carlos Alberto Garófalo (1977) studied this question.
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