About the Authors

Vanessa Corby-Harris

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Patrick Maes

Affiliation Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Kirk E. Anderson

kirk.anderson@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations United States Department of Agriculture, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, 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 PM. Performed the experiments: PM. Analyzed the data: KEA VC-H. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEA VC-H. Wrote the paper: KEA VC-H.