Table 3. Fructose, glucose, sucrose and melezitose proportion of the feed solution, crop content of honey bees collected from the first feeding experiment, field experiment and the processed melezitose feed.
Analysed solution | Fructose [%] | Glucose [%] | Sucrose [%] | Melezitose [%] |
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Food solution | 19.50 | 15.50 | 15.00 | 50.00 |
Crop content of feeding experiment (N = 69) | 38.82 | 36.04 | 6.10 | 18.88 |
Crop content of field experiment (N = 15) | 45.30 | 35.50 | 4.60 | 3.70 |
Processed sugar solution (N = 8) | 24.71 | 37.59 | 8.79 | 28.92 |