Question
What evidence from the text best supports the inference that honeybees--not bumblebees--are responsible for infecting the studied flowers? select two correct answers
-more than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus
-all the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries
-all of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries
-more bumblebees foraging close to apiaries had viruses on their outsides than had active infections
-all of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses
-more than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus
-all the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries
-all of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries
-more bumblebees foraging close to apiaries had viruses on their outsides than had active infections
-all of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses
Answers
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The two correct answers that best support the inference that honeybees—and not bumblebees—are responsible for infecting the studied flowers are:
1. **All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.**
2. **All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.**
These statements suggest a direct connection between the honeybees and the flowers, indicating that the flowers' infection can be attributed to the honeybees.
1. **All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.**
2. **All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.**
These statements suggest a direct connection between the honeybees and the flowers, indicating that the flowers' infection can be attributed to the honeybees.