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A) “Flowers have been suspected as reservoirs for bee viruses, but no researcher had linked virus deposits on flowers to bumblebee infections in the wild until this study.”
B) “Filling in one piece of the puzzle, the study revealed wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to managed honeybee colonies.”
C) “Human efforts to breed more of these insects in artificial beehives and plant more flowers may seem the obvious way to stave off heavy losses.”
D) “A handful of bumblebee species have declined by up to 96 percent in the U.S., according to the National Agricultural Library’s website.”
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The best evidence from the text that supports the analysis that human-raised honeybees may be responsible for harming wild bumblebee populations is:
B) “Filling in one piece of the puzzle, the study revealed wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to managed honeybee colonies.”
This statement directly connects the presence of managed honeybee colonies to an increase in virus transmission to wild bumblebees, indicating a potential negative impact on their populations.
