Table 6 Lipid profile (mg/dl) of the honeybees from the three ecological zones of Nigeria during the dry season, onset of rain and wet seasons

Onset of rain

RF

41.15 ± 0.55^a

28.60 ± 3.60^b

27.25 ± 1.35^a

8.20 ± 1.50^a

5.70 ± 0.70^b

GS

27.50 ± 0.30^b

57.10 ± 3.20^a

11.35 ± 1.25^b

4.70 ± 0.30^a

11.45 ± 0.65^a

DS

27.25 ± 4.45^b

35.80 ± 2.60^b

13.50 ± 3.90^b

6.58 ± 1.08^a

7.17 ± 0.53^b

Wet season

RF

33.60 ± 6.40^b

60.55 ± 2.65^a

12.70 ± 3.20^b

8.80 ± 2.70^a

12.10 ± 0.50^a

GS

38.90 ± 11.70^a

57.80 ± 2.10^a

18.25 ± 9.35^a

9.10 ± 2.80^a

11.57 ± 0.43^a

DS

34.20 ± 2.50^b

36.85 ± 2.65^b

20.30 ± 0.90^a

6.55 ± 1.05^a

7.35 ± 0.55^b

Dry season

RF

34.45 ± 6.15^b

57.50 ± 9.50^c

15.85 ± 3.05^a

7.10 ± 1.20^a

11.50 ± 1.90^b

GS

37.50 ± 8.10^a

83.55 ± 1.35^a

14.55 ± 5.95^a

6.25 ± 1.85^a

16.70 ± 0.30^a

DS

28.85 ± 0.55^c

76.95 ± 11.85^b

9.75 ± 0.45^b

3.72 ± 1.38^b

15.41 ± 2.39^a

Seasonal interactions

F value

0.285

25.616

0.823

1.603

25.368

P value

0.76

0.01*

0.47

0.25

0.01*