Table 6 Minerals content (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 | A | PP | LP | A |
Calcium | 39.3 | 40.1 | 43.3 | 34.0 | 37.9 | 46.1 | 43.7 | 49.3 | 66.2 | 34.2 | 38.7 | 60.7 |
Magnesium | 70.2 | 75.3 | 85.8 | 65.9 | 74.3 | 88.4 | 82.9 | 95.0 | 123.2 | 68.1 | 81.9 | 121.5 |
Sodium | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 30.1 | 38.0 | 79.5 |
Potassium | 1079.9 | 1205.2 | 1341.6 | 1048.9 | 1219.8 | 1401.2 | 544.6 | 643.1 | 784.0 | 891.1 | 1102.0 | 1465.2 |
Phosphorus | 673.5 | 731.3 | 812.3 | 651.7 | 734.7 | 869.2 | 774.0 | 892.4 | 1132.4 | 686.9 | 802.6 | 1166.1 |
Iron | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 10.6 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 12.2 |
Zinc | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 15.9 |
Copper | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 |