TABLE 1.
Group | Temp (°C) | % of infected bees on p.i. day:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
N. apis-exposed bees | 25 | 33 | 53 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
33 | 66 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
37 | 53 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | |
N. ceranae-exposed bees | 25 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
33 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
37 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
Controls | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A bee is considered to be infected when at least one spore is observed in the hemocytometer's entire central square millimeter grid (19).