Question
Use the article excerpt to answer the question.
What evidence from the text supports the inference that commercial honeybees may be responsible for leaving virus deposits on flowers? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
response - incorrect
Responses
Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies.
Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies. - no response given
Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives.
Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives. - correct
Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants.
Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants. - no response given
People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save the honeybees.
People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save the honeybees. - no response given
Pesticides and shrinking habitat due to climate change may both contribute to wild bee decline.
Pesticides and shrinking habitat due to climate change may both contribute to wild bee decline. - incorrect
Incorrect
While true, these are alternative reasons wild bees may be declining; they do not support the inference that honeybees
What evidence from the text supports the inference that commercial honeybees may be responsible for leaving virus deposits on flowers? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
response - incorrect
Responses
Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies.
Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies. - no response given
Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives.
Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives. - correct
Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants.
Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants. - no response given
People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save the honeybees.
People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save the honeybees. - no response given
Pesticides and shrinking habitat due to climate change may both contribute to wild bee decline.
Pesticides and shrinking habitat due to climate change may both contribute to wild bee decline. - incorrect
Incorrect
While true, these are alternative reasons wild bees may be declining; they do not support the inference that honeybees
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The two correct responses that support the inference that commercial honeybees may be responsible for leaving virus deposits on flowers are:
1. **Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies.**
2. **Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives.**
These responses suggest a pathway through which viruses could be transferred from honeybees to the flowers they pollinate, and that wild bumblebees, which are foraging near honeybee colonies, are picking up those viruses.
1. **Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies.**
2. **Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives.**
These responses suggest a pathway through which viruses could be transferred from honeybees to the flowers they pollinate, and that wild bumblebees, which are foraging near honeybee colonies, are picking up those viruses.