Table 4 Fatty acid composition (mg/100 g dry matter based) of different developmental stages of honey bee drones belonging to different Apis mellifera subspecies
| Â | AMM | AMC | AML | AMB | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | PP | EP | LP | PP | EP | LP | EP | LP | EA | A | PP | LP | A |
Saturated fatty acids | |||||||||||||
 C10:0 | ND | ND | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
 C12:0 | 20.9 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 28.2 | 29.8 | 27.6 | 32.5 | 33.4 | 14.2 | 6.1 | 26.0 | 31.4 | 4.1 |
 C14:0 | 341.7 | 354.0 | 284.1 | 379.3 | 355.0 | 234.7 | 333.1 | 258.1 | 48.4 | 18.3 | 359.5 | 365.5 | 16.0 |
 C16:0 | 4847.7 | 4726.6 | 3803.9 | 4699.2 | 4640.6 | 3307.0 | 4517.5 | 3570.8 | 802.9 | 384.1 | 4810.0 | 4879.1 | 294.7 |
 C17:0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
 C18:0 | 1207.0 | 1260.0 | 1181.4 | 1277.9 | 1362.7 | 1207.3 | 1356.9 | 1267.0 | 592.5 | 341.5 | 1110.3 | 1302.5 | 257.1 |
 C20:0 | 45.1 | 58.9 | 67.7 | 46.8 | 60.9 | 72.4 | 120.6 | 145.8 | 157.1 | 104.2 | ND | 56.2 | 35.9 |
 C22:0 | 16.9 | 21.2 | 27.6 | 16.0 | 20.9 | 30.3 | 14.4 | 23.3 | 51.4 | 46.5 | ND | ND | 62.9 |
 C24:0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 39.2 | 42.6 | 40.0 | 35.0 | ND | ND | ND |
Subtotal | 6483.5 | 6450.3 | 5396.9 | 6453.7 | 6475.8 | 4885.4 | 6414.1 | 5341.1 | 1706.4 | 935.7 | 6305.7 | 6634.6 | 670.6 |
Monounsaturated fatty acids | |||||||||||||
 C14:1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
 C16:1 | 72.3 | 65.6 | 56.1 | 55.4 | 50.8 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 48.3 | 74.3 | 92.9 | 56.4 | 51.9 | 166.6 |
 C18:1 t | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 6.8 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
 C18:1 | 4439.6 | 4578.5 | 4197.3 | 4701.8 | 4771.3 | 4316.3 | 4902.8 | 4412.0 | 2545.2 | 1900.3 | 4720.3 | 5104.5 | 1783.4 |
 C20:1 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 9.6 | ND | ND | 127.1 |
Subtotal | 4521.6 | 4654.7 | 4264.2 | 4766.9 | 4831.7 | 4373.3 | 4965.9 | 4470.7 | 2633.5 | 2002.8 | 4776.6 | 5156.4 | 2077.0 |
Polyunsaturated fatty acids | |||||||||||||
 C18:2 t | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 17.3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
 C18:2 | 31.3 | 53.2 | 56.8 | 46.6 | 49.0 | 36.3 | 22.8 | 30.7 | 37.4 | 35.9 | ND | 67.9 | 61.8 |
 C18:3 | 77.4 | 98.4 | 118.7 | 153.0 | 151.9 | 154.1 | 61.2 | 83.2 | 108.5 | 104.9 | ND | ND | ND |
 C20:3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 1.8 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
 C22:2 | 13.0 | 16.8 | 19.4 | 14.9 | 18.8 | 26.2 | 15.2 | 17.2 | 21.5 | 17.6 | ND | ND | ND |
 C20:5 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 7.3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Subtotal | 149.4 | 197.7 | 223.8 | 228.6 | 239.0 | 242.8 | 99.2 | 131.2 | 167.5 | 158.3 | ND | 67.9 | 61.8 |
Total | 11154.6 | 11302.7 | 9884.9 | 11449.2 | 11546.5 | 9501.5 | 11479.2 | 9943.0 | 4507.4 | 3096.9 | 11082.3 | 11858.9 | 2809.4 |