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Table 2 Number of honey bee workers that were dissected for hypopharyngeal gland acinus size analysis

From: Stress drives premature hive exiting behavior that leads to death in young honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers

Treatment

Prematurely exiting bees (n)

Age-matched control bees (n)

Forager control bees (n)

Cold stress

25

50

25

Heat stress

22

29

12

Varroa mite stress

61

57

21

  1. The sample size (n) is denoted for the prematurely hive exiting bees, the age-matched control bees, and the forager control bees that were sampled for each of the three treatment groups tested
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Biological Research

ISSN: 0717-6287

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