Table 2 Amino acid composition (g/100 g dry matter based) of different developmental stages of honey bee drones belonging to different Apis mellifera subspecies

Val^a

1.9

2.2

2.4

1.8

2.2

2.5

2.6

3.0

4.1

4.2

2.9

3.0

3.8

Ile^a

1.6

1.9

2.2

1.6

1.9

2.2

2.1

2.4

3.2

3.3

2.4

2.6

3.3

Leu^a

2.7

3.1

3.5

2.6

3.2

3.6

3.5

4.1

5.5

5.7

4.0

4.3

5.5

Lys^a

2.4

2.8

3.1

2.3

2.8

3.2

3.0

3.5

4.4

4.6

3.5

3.7

4.4

Thr^a

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.9

3.2

2.7

1.9

1.6

2.0

His^a

0.8

0.9

1.1

0.8

0.9

1.1

0.9

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.3

1.6

SAA^a

1.0

1.4

1.8

0.6

0.3

1.1

0.4

0.7

2.3

2.7

1.4

1.5

3.4

AAA^a

3.0

3.4

3.9

3.0

3.4

3.8

4.0

4.8

5.3

5.3

4.6

4.9

5.1

Arg

1.7

2.0

2.3

1.7

2.1

2.3

2.2

2.6

3.4

3.6

2.2

2.5

3.7

Asp

2.4

2.8

3.0

2.4

2.8

2.8

2.5

2.7

3.2

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.7

Ser

1.4

1.7

2.0

1.4

1.6

1.9

1.8

2.1

3.2

2.9

2.0

2.4

2.9

Glu

6.6

7.6

8.1

6.3

7.7

7.4

10.0

10.6

12.2

12.4

7.9

8.8

8.7

Gly

1.6

1.9

2.4

1.5

1.9

2.6

2.1

2.8

4.6

4.4

2.3

2.7

4.2

Ala

1.5

2.0

2.5

1.5

2.0

2.9

2.6

3.4

5.8

6.0

2.4

2.9

5.3

Pro

2.8

3.3

3.6

2.4

3.0

3.7

3.0

3.6

4.6

4.7

1.6

1.5

2.3

Total

32.8

38.4

43.4

31.1

37.4

42.5

42.6

49.4

66.3

67.0

43.5

46.6

59.7