Bell (10 January 1943 – 17 October 1998) was an American entomologist, a pioneer of chemical ecology, and professor at the University of Kansas.
He was interested in science and received an undergraduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation and received a BS from Bridgewater State College in 1964 followed by an MS in zoology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
In his laboratory he worked with students on chemosensory perception of insects, innovating methods for experimentation.
[1] Along with Tom Payne he founded the Journal of Insect Behavior in 1988 and was its editor until his death.
He published two major books, the Laboratory Cockroach (1981) and co-edited the Chemical Ecology Insects (1984).