Table 5.

Chemical score in bee-pollens compared to the minimum requirements of honeybees.

Amino acids	Alfalfa	Date palm	Summer squash	Sunflower	Rape	Average
Arginine	51.67*	70.81	58.37*	85.36	69.11	67.06
Histidine	114.00	107.91	255.44	266.40	140.67	176.88
Isoleucine	89.02	82.57	88.62	76.04	79.53	83.156
Leucine	141.78	136.46	158.63	141.17	128.08	141.22
Lysine	105.01	150.23	155.99	166.12	135.56	142.58
Methionine	14.51**	12.14**	28.88**	15.80**	17.67**	17.80**
Phenylalanine	100.87	101.84	104.53	50.91	106.75	92.98
Threonine	156.28	163.33	162.70	227.34	154.83	172.90
Tryptophan	60.00	61.00*	63.00	33.00*	63.00*	56.00*
Valine	123.02	115.20	130.87	136.44	127.78	126.66
Average	95.62	100.15	120.70	119.86	102.30	107.73

^**1^st limiting amino acid.

^*2^nd limiting amino acid.