This readme file was generated on 2024-May-24 by Nicholas Scaramella


GENERAL INFORMATION

2. Main Investigators
Name: Nicholas Scaramella (Lead Author)
ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-4596
Institution: Swedish University of Agriculture, Department of Ecology
Address:  Almas Allé 8, 750 07 Uppsala
Email: nicholas.scaramella@slu.se


Name: Barbara Locke Grander (PI)
ORCID:0000-0001-6083-9981
Institution: Swedish University of Agriculture, Department of Ecology
Address:  Almas Allé 8, 750 07 Uppsala
Email: barbara.locke@slu.se

3. Date of data collection: 
 - June - August 2019

4. Geographic location of data collection: 
 - All hives and analysis were located at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (GPS Coordinates: 59° 48' 55.60596", 17° 39' 54.39866") 

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 
 - Funding was provided by the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant, action number: 949223) and the Swedish Research Council (FORMAS, dnr. 2016-00481) to Barbara Locke Grander.


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: None

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Scaramella et al. 2024 Unique brood ester profile in a Varroa destructor resistant population of European honey bee (Apis mellifera).  
							PUBLICATION PENDING

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: None

5. Was data derived from another source? No



DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
 - Data Main Text "Scaramella_et_al_2024_Data.tsv"

2. Relationship between files, if important: None

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: None

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
 - Protocol & proceedure documented in main transcript of Scaramella et al. 2024.

2. Methods for processing the data: 
 - All sampling and statistical analysis methods are detailed in the main transcript listed above

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 
 - See main transcript for detailed description

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 
 -See main transcript for detailed description

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: 
  -See main transcript for detailed description

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: 
  - Data was double checked by research assistant and after digitalization checked by the lead author and principle investigator again.

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: 
  -See main transcript for detailed description

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Scaramella_et_al_2024_Data.tsv

. Number of variables: 14 Columns

2. Number of cases/rows: 210 Rows

3. Variable List: 

ID			- Identification code used to distinguish individual samples
Background 		- The genetic country of origin of bees in the hive
Hive			- Number to mark individual hives
Replicate		- Number to mark replicate sample, 3 per time point per colony
Time			- Hours after brood capping that sample was taken
EOcimene		- Nanograms of e-β-ocimene detected in sample 
MPalmitate		- Nanograms of methyl palmitate detected in sample
EPalmitate 		- Nanograms of ethyl palmitate detected in sample
MLinoloate		- Nanograms of methyl linoloate detected in sample
ELinoloate		- Nanograms of ethyl linoloate detected in sample
MStearate		- Nanograms of methyl stearate detected in sample
EStearate		- Nanograms of ethyl stearate detected in sample
FAME			- Nanograms of all FAME's combined (methyl palmitate, linoloate, and stearate)
FAEE			- Nanograms of all FAEE's combined (ethyl palmitate, linoloate, and stearate)

4. Missing data codes: 
 - NA = missing data

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: 
 - Abbreviations are explained in the manuscript