About the Authors
- Jilian Li
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
- Haoran Qin
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
- Jie Wu
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
- Ben M. Sadd
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Affiliation Experimental Ecology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich Universitätstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland
- Xiuhong Wang
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
- Jay D. Evans
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
- Wenjun Peng
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* E-mail: bumblebeeljl@hotmail.com (WP); judy.chen@ars.usda.gov (YC)
Affiliation Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
- Yanping Chen
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* E-mail: bumblebeeljl@hotmail.com (WP); judy.chen@ars.usda.gov (YC)
Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JL YC WP. Performed the experiments: HQ JL XW. Analyzed the data: JL YC JW WP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL YC JE BS WP. Wrote the paper: JL YC BS JE.