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Table II
Mean number of spores per bee (× 106) ± SE in honey bees collected at different sampling dates (d) from each feeding group (4 cages per group, 2 bees per cage). C = candy, S = syrup. For each formulation mode (candy or syrup), same letters after mean values ± SE at the end of each column, indicate that values are not significantly different at P < 0.05 level after Mann-Whitney U test.
| 8 d | 13 d | 19 d | 25 d | |
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| C Cont | 1.5 ± 0.5a | 68.7 ± 4.1a | 112.0 ± 8.2a | 138.3 ± 6.7a |
| C Resv | 1.3 ± 0.7a | 32.5 ± 9.1a | 69.2 ± 11.2a | 98.7 ± 24.3ab |
| C Thym | 1.7 ± 0.7a | 53.1 ± 8.1a | 93.0 ± 18.5a | 60.5 ± 17.8b |
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| S Cont | 2.0 ± 0.4a | 61.4 ± 6.7a | 107.5 ± 9.4a | 118.1 ± 15.8a |
| S Resv | 1.3 ± 0.3a | 51.2 ± 7.4a | 80.6 ± 4.3a | 126.2 ± 1.2a |
| S Thym | 1.7 ± 0.5a | 46.2 ± 5.4a | 56.4 ± 18.3a | 60.2 ± 9.2b |