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Question

What evidence from the text best supports the inference that honeybees—not bumblebees—are responsible for infecting the studied flowers? Select the two correct answers.

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Responses

All of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries.
All of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries.

All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.
All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.

More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus.
More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus.

More bumblebees foraging close to apiaries had viruses on their outsides than had active infections.
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.
All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.

Answer 1

The two correct answers that best support the inference that honeybees—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.

Explanation:

1. The first option indicates a correlation between the infected flowers and the locations near apiaries, which are typically associated with honeybee activity. This suggests that the flowers infected by viruses are likely influenced by the presence of honeybees nearby.

2. The second option provides direct evidence that honeybees were infected with both viruses, indicating that they could be carriers of these viruses to the flowers, thereby implicating them in the infection of the studied flowers.

The other options primarily discuss the state of bumblebees and their proximity to apiaries, which does not directly support the inference about honeybees being responsible for the infection of the flowers.