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Table I

Staining localization in HPG of different age-group honey bee workers, treatments and time of treatments.

Bee
age-group
(days)
Treatment Treatment
duration
(hours)
Staining Staining localization in HPG

Imidacloprid
– 24
– 48
– 48
– 24, – 48
– 48
Hsp 70
Hsp 70
Hsp 90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Nuclei, cytoplasm
Cytoplasm
Cytoplasm, ducts
Majority cell nuclei
Approx. 50% cell nuclei

1–6
Coumaphos
– 24, – 48
– 24, – 48, – 72
– 24, – 48, – 72
– 48
Hsp70
Hsp90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Cytoplasm, sporadic cell nuclei
No cellular activity; only in ducts
Majority cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei

Control
(untreated)
Hsp70, Hsp90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Cytoplasm, cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei


Imidacloprid
– 48
– 48
– 48 – 72
– 48, – 72
Hsp70
Hsp90
ISCDDK
ISCDDK
ApopTag
4 Cytoplasm, sporadic
cell nuclei
No activity
Approx. 50% cell nuclei
Approx. 100% cell nuclei
Approx. 10% cell nuclei

7–12
Coumaphos
– 24
– 48
– 48
– 24, – 48
Hsp70,
Hsp90
Hsp70, Hsp90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Cytoplasm
Sporadic cell
nuclei Majority cell
nuclei Majority cell nuclei

Control
(untreated)
Hsp70
Hsp90
ISCDDK,
ApopTag
Cytoplasm, sporadic cell nuclei
Cytoplasm, all cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei


Imidacloprid
– 24, – 72
– 24, – 72
– 48
– 24, – 72
Hsp70, Hsp90
ISCDDK
ISCDDK ApopTag
Cytoplasm, sporadic cell nuclei
Approx. 50% cell nuclei
Approx. 100% cell nuclei
Approx. 50% cell nuclei

13–18
Coumaphos
– 24
– 24, – 48
– 24, – 48
– 24, – 48
Hsp70
Hsp90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Cytoplasm
Sporadic cell nuclei, cytoplasm
Majority cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei

Control
(untreated)
Hsp70, Hsp 90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei


Imidacloprid
– 24, – 48
– 24, – 48
– 24
– 24, – 48
Hsp 70
Hsp90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Not intensive activity
Sporadic cell nuclei, ducts
Approx. 30% cell nuclei
Approx. 100% cell nuclei

19–32
Coumaphos
– 48, – 72
– 72
– 48, – 72
Hsp70, Hsp90
ISCDDK
ApopTag
Cytoplasm, HPG ducts
Approx. 50% cell nuclei
Approx. 50% cell nuclei

Control
(untreated)
Hsp70, Hsp90
ISCDDK,
ApopTag
Cytoplasm, cell nuclei
Sporadic cell nuclei