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Table 2
Pair-wise squared Mahalanobis distances between the chemical profile of **Nosema-infected and control bees at day 5 and 10**
Colony #	Treatment	*Nosema*5	Control10	*Nosema*10
Colony 98	Control5	7.2	68.62	47.92
Colony 98	Control5	P = 0.023	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Nosema5		72.85	58.03
	Nosema5		P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Control10			9.55
				P = 0.0055
Colony 120	Control5	6.54	77.64	74
Colony 120	Control5	P = 0.034	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Nosema5		77.93	77.45
	Nosema5		P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Control10			9.59
	Control10			P = 0.0035
Colony 231	Control5	4.28	31.22	34.92
Colony 231	Control5	P = 0.044	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Nosema5		31.89	34.09
	Nosema5		P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	Control10			5.99
				P = 0.0057

P-values that are significant at the 5% probability after Bonferroni's correction (P < 0.0083) are indicated in bold. In the treatment column, 5 and 10 indicate the age of the bees. The experiment was repeated on bees from 3 different colonies.

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