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From: Stock-specific chemical brood signals are induced by Varroa and Deformed Wing Virus, and elicit hygienic response in the honey bee

Figure 3

Mean tritriacontene proportion in control, wounded, and mite-infested brood for UNS, HYG, and VSH Brood Stocks, from Experiment 2. For each mean, 95% CI intervals are provided. Mite, wound, and control sample sizes were 67, 31, and 30 for UNS brood, 54, 55, and 54 for HYG brood, and 56, 53, and 51 for VSH brood. Different letters indicate a significant difference in mean tritriacontene proportion (relative to the total chemical quantity) between treatment groups within each brood stock, from an ANOVA with Bonferroni correction (p < 0.0167). Tritriacontene is shown as an example because it was the only chemical elevated in response to both stressors and in all three brood stocks.

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