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Use the article excerpt to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AAre commercial honeybees making wild bees sick?: What they found%0D%0A%0D%0AAll of the honeybee colonies tested by the researchers were positive for both viruses, an unfortunate but common occurrence for commercial colonies.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the number of wild bumblebees carrying viruses varied depending on the proximity to the domesticated hives. There was also variation between the two viruses.%0D%0A%0D%0AMore than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries carried black queen cell virus. In sites farther from apiaries, and where no honeybees were foraging, just under 40 percent were positive for this virus. When the researchers checked for actual infections, they found that the proximity to an apiary wasn’t telling of whether a bumblebee was infected with black queen cell virus. That means sites near and far from a commercial beehive had the same abundance of black queen cell virus infections.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe connection was clearer for deformed wing virus infections. Twenty percent of bumblebees foraging close to apiaries carried the virus on their outsides and 10 percent had active infections. But in sites more than a half mile away from an apiary, where honeybees were absent, not a single bumblebee tested positive for deformed wing virus — as a carrier or with an infection.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen the researchers looked at infected flowers, they noticed a similar trend. Of the 20 percent of flowers that tested positive for viruses, all were picked close to apiaries. And the denser the flower patch in these areas, the higher the rate of deformed wing virus infection in bumblebees.%0D%0A%0D%0AResearchers claimed they found a relationship between bumblebee infections and how close the bumblebees were to honeybee apiaries.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat evidence from the text best supports this analysis?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Athe fact that all the honeybee apiaries researchers tested were infected with both viruses%0D%0Athe fact that all the honeybee apiaries researchers tested were infected with both viruses%0D%0A%0D%0Athe percentage of flowers that tested positive for viruses and their proximity to apiaries%0D%0Athe percentage of flowers that tested positive for viruses and their proximity to apiaries%0D%0A%0D%0Athe fact that there was a difference between the two types of viruses researchers tested%0D%0Athe fact that there was a difference between the two types of viruses researchers tested%0D%0A%0D%0Athe percentage of bumblebees infected base on their proximity to apiaries

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The best evidence from the text that supports the analysis of the relationship between bumblebee infections and their proximity to honeybee apiaries is "the percentage of bumblebees infected based on their proximity to apiaries." This information clearly illustrates the correlation between the location of bumblebee foraging and the presence of deformed wing virus, as well as the differing rates of infection related to distance from honeybee colonies.