Cryptococcal infections are mainly caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex (molecular types VNI, VNII, VNB, VNIV and the AD hybrid VNIII). PCR of the mating type loci and MLST
Nosema was determined by QuantiGene Plex 2.0 RNA assay (Affymetrix). The prevalence was determined as percentage of hives with positive Nosema values out of the sampled hives.Nosema prevalence by loca
