Table 2.

Ten highest expressed miRNAs in the hypopharyngeal glands of nurse bee, forager bee, and newly-emerged bee.

Rank	Nurse Bee		Forager Bee		Newly-Emerged Bee
	miR-Name	Reads Count	miR-Name	Reads Count	miR-Name	Reads Count
1	ame-miR-276-3p	242,234	ame-miR-276-3p	238,540	ame-miR-276-3p	486,993
2	ame-miR-375-3p	221,939	ame-miR-375-3p	68,526	ame-miR-375-3p	75,545
3	ame-miR-14-3p	104,814	ame-miR-14-3p	42,487	ame-miR-14-3p	70,958
4	ame-miR-3477-5p	86,004	ame-miR-317-3p	28,086	ame-miR-3477-5p	38,165
5	ame-miR-317-3p	62,651	ame-miR-3477-5p	22,349	ame-miR-275-3p	33,428
6	ame-miR-8-3p	52,599	ame-miR-275-3p	18,213	ame-miR-8-3p	17,168
7	ame-miR-306-5p	38,992	ame-miR-2796-3p	16,675	ame-miR-2796-3p	16,052
8	ame-miR-275-3p	38,214	ame-miR-100-5p	13,408	ame-miR-263a-5p	14,172
9	ame-miR-12-5p	27,484	ame-miR-34-5p	7870	ame-miR-100-5p	11,417
10	ame-miR-11-3p	14,083	ame-miR-252a-5p	7759	ame-miR-252a-5p	11,363