Average abundance of the most common lipids within honey bee colonies.

<p>Bar graph representing the average biomass of the most common lipids on a whole hive basis, generated by combining the individual hive components. Presented are those lipids that represent more than 1%. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. Abbreviations: Gram-negative (Gm-); Gram-positive (Gm+); γ-Proteobacteria (γ-proteo EV = <i>Enterobacter/Vibrio</i>); <i>Bacillus-Clostridium</i> group (BC); Saprotrophic Fungi (SP); Ectomycorrhizal fungi (Ecto).