Arathi, H. S.
Vandever, Mark W.
Cade, Brian S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA NRCS CIG (69-3A75-16-002)
USGS-CSU cooperative agreement
Article History
Received: 19 December 2017
Accepted: 2 January 2019
First Online: 22 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that there are no potentials for conflict of interest (financial or non-financial).
: Human participants were not involved in this study. We obtained written permissions from farmers whose fields we sampled and their names and identities are proprietary as indicated in the manuscript. Bees sampled as a part of the study were killed instantly and no other animals were harmed in this study. Funding agencies that supported this study are listed in the acknowledgements. We declare that professional conduct has been followed during the study.