TABLE 2.
Microscopic detection of N. ceranae spores in honey stomach, midgut, or hindgut of bumblebees and honey bees at different time points postinfection
Time point |
N. ceranae spore detection |
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honey stomach |
Midgut |
Hindgut |
||||
Bombus terrestris | Apis mellifera | Bombus terrestris | Apis mellifera | Bombus terrestris | Apis mellifera | |
10 min p.i. | + | + | + | + | − | − |
30 min p.i. | + | + | + | + | − | − |
2 h p.i. | + | − | + | + | − | − |
6 h p.i. | − | − | + | + | + | − |
12 h p.i. | − | − | − | + | + | − |
24 h p.i. | − | − | − | + | + | + |