About the Authors
- Michelle A. Taylor
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: michelle.taylor@plantandfood.co.nz
Affiliation Bee Biology & Productivity, Productive Biodiversity and Pollination, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Alastair W. Robertson
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Wildlife & Ecology, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Patrick J. Biggs
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Roles Data curation, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Molecular Epidemiology & Public Health Laboratory, Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Bioinformatics and Statistics Group, School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Kate K. Richards
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Roles Formal analysis, Visualization
Affiliation Statistical Science, Data Science, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
- Daniel F. Jones
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Roles Data curation
Affiliation Bioinformatics, Molecular & Digital Breeding, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
- Shanthi G. Parkar
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Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Microbiome & Metabolism, Food Nutrition & Health, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Competing Interests
We have the following interests as this study received funding from New Zealand Apples & Pears Inc, Honey New Zealand (International) Limited, seven regional New Zealand Beekeeping clubs, Beeline Apiaries, Arataki Honey, Hawke’s Bay, Galatea Apiaries, and NZ Beeswax Ltd. The invert sugar used in the research was supplied free of charge by Natural Sugars NZ. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.