Has anyone ever seen the yellow structures in the attached image of the honey bee midgut?

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Dear Martin

In the Honeybee, may be the layer of epithelial cells that are distributed across the intestine forming a monolayer which has the function of secretion of digestive juices for digestion of the food and for the absorption of nutrients digested.

Best regards

Fabio

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