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Table V

Effects of pathogen infection and parasite infestation in October on winter losses of honey bees.

Total
No. of P-value
Factor colonies analyzed No. of survived colonies No. of collapsed colonies (chi2)

total pathogen pathogen total pathogen pathogen
positive negative positive negative
DWV 1104 995 173 822 109 44 65 0.00001
ABPV 1104 995 75 920 109 17 92 0.0039
KBV 596 543 2 541 53 0 53 0.658
SBV 1104 995 99 896 109 6 103 0.202
Nosema spec. 1924 1744 317 1427 180 29 151 0.492