The section “Why it matters” refines the author’s claim that people are saving bees “to death” by specifying that commercial bees and bee-friendly flowers are likely contributing to, rather than fixing, bee population declines. This indicates that well-intentioned efforts to support bee populations may actually lead to negative outcomes, highlighting the complexity of bee ecology and the impact of human intervention.
How does the section “Why it matters” refine the author’s claim that people are saving bees “to death”?
By outlining the reasons why planting flowers near commercial be populations is harming, rather than helping, bees
By explaining that habitat destruction is not a factor in bee population decline, despite the general assumption that it is
By specifying that commercial bees and bee-friendly flowers are likely contributing to, rather than fixing, bee population declines
By describing how viruses in wild bee populations spread to commercial bees, despite prior assumptions that this was impossible
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