About the Authors

Kirk E. Anderson

Contributed equally to this work with: Kirk E. Anderson, Timothy H. Sheehan

kirk.anderson@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Timothy H. Sheehan

Contributed equally to this work with: Kirk E. Anderson, Timothy H. Sheehan

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Brendon M. Mott

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Patrick Maes

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Lucy Snyder

Affiliation USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Melissa R. Schwan

Affiliation USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Alexander Walton

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Beryl M. Jones

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Vanessa Corby-Harris

Affiliation USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEA THS VC-H. Performed the experiments: KEA THS BMM PM LS MRS AW BMJ VC-H. Analyzed the data: KEA THS BMM VC-H. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEA THS BMM VC-H. Wrote the paper: KEA.