Modulation of the honey bee queen microbiota: Effects of early social contact
Fig 4
Box plots comparing the average absolute abundance of specific taxa between isolated and non-isolated groups of queens.
Average absolute abundance of taxonomic lineages in queens from either a) virgin groups (collected at 4 days post eclosure) or b) mated groups (collected at 14 days post eclosure). Box plots show comparisons of taxa between isolated and non-isolated queens (* = p<0.05, N.S. = p>0.05, Kruskall-Wallis test).