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. 2021 Mar 24;8:608700. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.608700

Table 1.

Frequencies of simultaneous honeybee virus infections in Apis cerana and Apis mellifera drones.

No. of viruses Type of infection Drone's tissues P-value
Body Mucus glands Seminal vesicles
A. cerana
0 33% (9/27) 19% (5/27) 11% (3/27) 0.1143
1 DWV 11% (3/27) 4% (1/27) 4% (1/27) 0.4097
BQCV 7% (2/27) 0% (0/27) 0% (0/27) 0.1221
CSBV 22% (6/27) 63% (17/27) 67% (18/27) 0.0017
2 DWV+BQCV 4% (1/27) 0% (0/27) 0% (0/27) 0.3589
DWV+CSBV 4% (1/27) 11% (3/27) 4% (1/27) 0.4097
BQCV+CSBV 15% (4/27) 4% (1/27) 11% (3/27) 0.3665
3 DWV+BQCV+CSBV 4% (1/27) 0% (0/27) 4% (1/27) 0.5863
A. mellifera
0 5% (2/42) 0% (0/42) 24% (10/42) 0.0003
1 DWV 10% (4/42) 12% (5/42) 17% (7/42) 0.6119
BQCV 2% (1/42) 19% (8/42) 17% (7/42) 0.0459
CSBV 0% (0/42) 7% (3/42) 5% (2/42) 0.237
IAPV 12% (5/42) 0% (0/42) 0% (0/42) 0.005
2 DWV+BQCV 62% (26/42) 40% (17/42) 17% (7/42) <0.0001
DWV+CSBV 0% (0/42) 10% (4/42) 5% (2/42) 0.1243
BQCV+CSBV 0% (0/42) 2% (1/42) 0% (0/42) 0.3709
BQCV+IAPV 2% (1/42) 0% (0/42) 0% (0/42) 0.1331
3 DWV+BQCV+CSBV 7% (3/42) 10% (4/42) 17% (7/42) 0.3576

The intensity of red shades showed distinctly different frequencies.