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Table 3 Effects of immunostimulation on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of bees in Colony 2

From: Effects of immunostimulation on social behavior, chemical communication and genome-wide gene expression in honey bee workers (Apis mellifera)

Substance

Control

Saline

Beads

Bacteria

Median ± SIQR

Median ± SIQR

Median ± SIQR

Median ± SIQR

Alkanes

Heneicosane

0.84±0.10

0.98±0.10

0.82±0.06

0.87±0.13

Tricosane

7.55±3.26

8.25±1.26

8.65±1.84

10.28±2.53

Tetracosane

0.45±0.13

0.46±0.09

0.46±0.06

0.54±0.06

Pentacosane

19.70±4.82

17.89±4.25

17.94±1.90

19.85±2.57

hexacosane

1.12±0.11

1.23±0.11

1.20±0.04

1.09±0.14

heptacosane

27.03±3.75

29.08±2.38

28.24±1.58

27.46±3.37

Octacosane

0.52±0.08

0.57±0.07

0.63±0.06

0.54±0.04

Nonacosane

7.82±2.12

8.52±1.58

9.11±1.18

7.71±1.52

Hentricontane

6.09±1.29

6.81±1.34

6.25±1.67

6.64±1.80

Tritriacontane

0.89±0.23

1.25±0.27

0.93±0.37

1.16±0.36

Alkenes

Tricosene

0.93±0.43

0.79±0.20

0.76±0.27

1.07±0.35

Pentacosene

2.30±0.81

2.28±0.46

2.24±0.40

2.53±0.47

Heptacosene

0.49±0.07

0.51±0.12

0.55±0.17

0.50±0.13

Nonacosene

1.70±0.26

1.94±0.20

1.81±0.33

1.55±0.19

Hentriacontene Isomere 2

2.89±0.78

3.51±0.86

2.64±0.83

2.68±0.42

Tritriacontene

7.12±1.27

7.65±1.43

5.96±1.04

6.41±1.34

Alkynes

Heptacosyne

1.93±0.23

2.18±0.41

2.14±0.26

2.08±0.27

Tritriacontyne

1.04±0.23

1.08±0.19

1.00±0.22

0.80±0.08

Methylalkanes

9.11.13-Methylheptacosane

1.53±0.25

1.59±0.18

1.48±0.18

1.30±0.22

11.13.15-Methylnonacosane

1.61±0.30

1.70±0.17

1.56±0.12

1.42±0.25

13.15-Methylhentriacontane

0.92±0.19

0.97±0.11

0.91±0.07

0.82±0.15

  1. Data for this figure were obtained from gas chromatography analysis of cuticular washes of worker bees from Colony 2. These data represent the relative proportions of each compound found within each of the four treatment groups.