marginally significantP = 0.11
Interestingly, at day 10, bees exposed to imidacloprid had a slightly lower number of spores than bees non-exposed to imidacloprid suggesting a slight inhibiting effect of imidacloprid on spore germination; a difference that was marginally significant between groups of bees individually infected with Nosema (control versus imidacloprid: P = 0.11, Nosema versus Nosema × imidacloprid: P = 0.051).