Table 1 Parasite densities for honey bees examined at the end of the sucrose responsiveness assay (16dpi).

From: A tale of two parasites: Responses of honey bees infected with Nosema ceranae and Lotmaria passim

Year

Parasite

Treatment

Mean density ± SE

n

2019

N. ceranae

N. c

7.05 × 107 ± 8.43 × 106

4

2019

N. ceranae

N. c + L. p

4.49 × 107 ± 5.56 × 106

4

2019

L. passim

L. p

2.12 × 106 ± 8.29 × 105

4

2019

L. passim

N. c + L. p

2.74 × 106 ± 2.14 × 106

4

2021

N. ceranae

N. c

8.98 × 107 ± 4.60 × 106

4

2021

N. ceranae

N. c + L. p

1.10 × 108 ± 2.50 × 107

4

2021

L. passim

L. p

1.87 × 103 ± 5.69 × 102

5

2021

L. passim

N. c + L. p

1.57 × 105 ± 7.44 × 104

4

  1. After the sucrose responsiveness assay was complete, all responding NEBs were individually frozen at – 20 °C until processing occurred. At processing, 4 (or 5) NEBs were randomly chosen from each treatment and year to confirm infection status and density via microscopy (N. ceranae, spores/bee) and qPCR (L. passim, cytb copies/bee). No significant differences in parasite density exist between treatments or across years.
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