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. 2019 Jul 12;9:10156. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46453-9

Table 1.

Statistical results of colony strength and infection level of different pathogens from groups M (monofloral) and P (polyfloral) at specific samplings (S). MW: Mann Whitney U Test. Significant results (p ≤ 0.05) are shown in black.

Comparison Pollen diversity Shannon diversity index Brood population Adult population ABPV BQCV DWV SBV V. destructor Nosema spp. (proportion of infected bees) Nosema spp. (number of spores in a pool of bees)
S1. M vs. P MW p = 0.24 MW p = 0.57 MW p = 0.71 MW p = 0.22 MW p = 0.32 MW p = 0.23 MW p = 0.62 MW p = 0.31 T test p = 0.32 T test p = 0.94
S2. M vs. P MW p = 0.12 MW p = 0.05 MW p = 0.02 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.93 MW p = 0.81 MW p = 0.002 MW p = 0.5 T test p = 0.35 T test p = 0.02
S3. M vs. P MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.003 MW p = 0.34 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.79 MW p = 0.52 T test p = 0.12 T test p = 0.14
S4. M vs. P MW p = 0.002 MW p = 0.02 MW p = 004 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.01 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.06 MW p = 0.43 T test p = 0.004 T test p = 0.83
S5. M vs. P MW p = 0.06 MW p = 0.28 MW p = 0.02 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.1 MW p ≤ 0.001 MW p = 0.01 MW p = 0.6 T test p ≤ 0.001 T test p ≤ 0.001
June: M vs. P MW p = 0.02 MW p = 0.01
July: M vs. P MW p = 0.007 MW p = 0.001
August: M vs. P MW p = 0.004 MW p = 0.02
S6: M vs. P MW p = 0.28 MW p = 0.02 MW p = 0.90 MW p = 0.41 MW p = 0.80 MW p = 0.26 T test p = 0.91