About the Authors

Anthony Nearman

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

anthony.j.nearman@gmail.com

Affiliation USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, Maryland, United States of America

Alriana Buller-Jarrett

Roles Investigation

Affiliations USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, Maryland, United States of America, Oxon Hill High School, Maryland, United States of America

Dawn Boncristiani

Roles Investigation

Affiliation USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, Maryland, United States of America

Eugene Ryabov

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Scotland, United Kingdom

Yanping Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, Maryland, United States of America

Jay D. Evans

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.