Text this: Median ± IQR <i>M. plutonius</i> bacterial load (CFU/bee) of newly emerged summer worker bees inoculated with 1 × 10⁷ CFU/bee <i>M. plutonius</i> 2019BC1 and/or treated withA. TYL (3 times, q7D), B. LMC (3 times, q7D), C. sham (3 times, q7D), D. OTC (3 times, q4D), E. OTC (1 time) and F. sham (3 times, q4D. Red-dotted line represents calculated inoculation dose (CFU/bee) administered on day 1. *, represents significant differences from D3 bacterial load, with P < 0.05.