Table 2.

Richness and diversity estimation of the bacterial community in honey from eight different stingless bee species (A1—Heterotrigona itama; A2—Heterotrigona erythrogastra; B1—Tetrigona apicalis; B2—Lepidotrigona terminata; C1—Tetrigona melanoleuca; C2—Tetrigona bingami; D—Geniotrigona thoracica; E—Homotrigona fimbriata).

Sample Name	Number of Bacterial OTU	Shannon Index (H)	Simpson Index (D)
A2	158	2.18	0.53
C1	205	2.10	0.47
A1	131	2.00	0.47
E	149	1.96	0.42
C2	51	1.60	0.56
B2	106	1.18	0.25
B1	20	1.76	0.68
D	28	0.85	0.22