Table 1 Amino acid composition (g/100 g dry matter based) of different developmental stages of honey bee workers belonging to the genus Apis

Val^a

2.4

2.7

3.1

3.7

2.2

3.3

2.1

Ile^a

2.3

2.2

2.4

3.2

1.7

2.6

1.7

Leu^a

3.2

3.8

4.4

5.2

3.3

4.5

3.3

Lys^a

3.0

2.6

3.0

4.2

2.2

3.3

2.3

Thr^a

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.4

1.7

1.9

1.7

His^a

1.1

1.0

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.0

SAA^a

0.4

0.7

2.4

4.3

1.9

5.1

1.7

AAA^a

2.2

2.2

4.0

4.2

2.8

4.3

3.3

Arg

2.3

2.3

2.5

3.1

1.9

2.5

1.9

Asp

3.5

3.2

6.3

2.1

5.2

2.7

3.7

Ser

2.0

2.3

2.4

3.0

1.9

2.7

1.8

Glu

8.4

6.0

5.3

8.5

4.3

7.3

5.0

Gly

2.5

3.0

3.7

4.3

2.9

4.6

2.2

Ala

2.9

3.8

4.9

6.0

3.3

5.0

2.9

Pro

--

--

3.4

3.8

2.7

4.7

2.7

Others

2.8

1.5

--

--

--

--

Total

40.9

39.4

51.3

59.0

39.0

55.7

37.3