Figure 3
From: Starving honey bee (Apis mellifera) larvae signal pheromonally to worker bees
Total number of worker visits to the cells added with (A) different amounts of E-β-ocimene (Expt 3a) and (B) E-β-ocimene with or without living larvae (Expt 3b). Mean + SE is presented in each bar. Only the 640 ng E-β-ocimene treatment has significantly more visits than the control in Expt 3a (n = 6, p = 0.048), whereas the living larvae supplemented with E-β-ocimene has significantly more visits than the larvae, E-β-ocimene alone or wax only control groups in Expt 3b (n = 8, p < 0.0001). Different letters “a” and “b” above bars indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) between groups (ANOVA followed by Fisher’s PLSD test).
