highly significantp ≤ 0.001
In contrast, Orbaceae was abundant in workers (27.7%) but low in queens (0.3%) and drones (0.2%), with highly significant differences between workers and queens ( p ≤ 0.001) and workers and drones ( p ≤ 0.01).
In contrast, Orbaceae was abundant in workers (27.7%) but low in queens (0.3%) and drones (0.2%), with highly significant differences between workers and queens ( p ≤ 0.001) and workers and drones ( p ≤ 0.01).
Jensen–Shannon and Bray–Curtis analyses reveal minimal differentiation across castes ( p > 0.05 ), with the Bray–Curtis measure approaching significance in the worker-queen comparison ( p = 0.078).
The p -value closest to significance was observed in the OTU counts between workers and queens ( p = 0.070), yet this did not reach statistical significance ( Fig. 3D ).