Figure 2: FKB-specific odour profiles vary across developmental stages. | Scientific Reports

Figure 2: FKB-specific odour profiles vary across developmental stages.

From: Odorant cues linked to social immunity induce lateralized antenna stimulation in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Figure 2

Cuticle compounds from live and freeze-killed white-eyed (12–13 d), pink-eyed (14–15 d), purple-eyed white body (16 d) and purple-eyed tan body (17–18 d) were analyzed using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (N = 3). Shaded boxes indicate compounds which had significantly different abundances in FKB compared to age-matched live brood. Compounds were identified by comparing mass spectra against a compound library. Only oleic acid was confirmed against a synthetic standard.

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