nCaste {SIMplyBee}

Level 0 function that returns the number of individuals of a caste in a colony

Description

Returns the number of individuals of a caste in a colony

Usage

nCaste(x, caste = "all")

nQueens(x)

nFathers(x)

nWorkers(x)

nDrones(x)

nVirginQueens(x)

Arguments

x

Colony-class or MultiColony-class

caste

character, "queen", "fathers", "workers", "drones", "virginQueens", or "all"

Value

when x is Colony-class return is integer for caste != "all" or list for caste == "all" with nodes named by caste; when x is MultiColony-class return is named integer for caste != "all" or named list of lists for caste == "all"

Functions

• nQueens(): Number of queens in a colony

• nFathers(): Number of fathers in a colony

• nWorkers(): Number of workers in a colony

• nDrones(): Number of drones in a colony

• nVirginQueens(): Number of virgin queens in a colony

See Also

nQueens, nFathers, nVirginQueens, nWorkers, and nDrones

Examples

founderGenomes <- quickHaplo(nInd = 8, nChr = 1, segSites = 100)
SP <- SimParamBee$new(founderGenomes)
basePop <- createVirginQueens(founderGenomes)

drones <- createDrones(x = basePop[1], nInd = 1000)
droneGroups <- pullDroneGroupsFromDCA(drones, n = 10, nDrones = nFathersPoisson)

# Create a Colony and a MultiColony class
colony <- createColony(x = basePop[2])
colony <- cross(colony, drones = droneGroups[[1]])
colony <- buildUp(x = colony, nWorkers = 100, nDrones = 10)
colony <- addVirginQueens(x = colony, nInd = 3)

apiary <- createMultiColony(basePop[3:4], n = 2)
apiary <- cross(apiary, drones = droneGroups[c(2, 3)])
apiary <- buildUp(x = apiary, nWorkers = 100, nDrones = 10)
apiary <- addVirginQueens(x = apiary, nInd = 3)

# Check caste members
nCaste(colony, caste = "queen")
nCaste(colony, caste = "fathers")
nCaste(colony, caste = "virginQueens")
nCaste(colony, caste = "workers")
nCaste(colony, caste = "drones")
nCaste(colony, caste = "all")

nCaste(apiary, caste = "queen")
nCaste(apiary, caste = "fathers")
nCaste(apiary, caste = "virginQueens")
nCaste(apiary, caste = "workers")
nCaste(apiary, caste = "drones")
nCaste(apiary, caste = "all")

# Check number of queens
nQueens(colony)
nQueens(apiary)
apiary <- removeQueen(apiary)
nQueens(apiary)

# Check number of fathers
nFathers(colony)
nFathers(apiary)

# Check number of workers
nWorkers(colony)
nWorkers(apiary)

# Check number of drones
nDrones(colony)
nDrones(apiary)

# Check number of virgin queens
nVirginQueens(colony)
nVirginQueens(apiary)