Question

Read the two texts.
Text 1
The global decline of bee populations in the twenty-first century is alarming and a cause for concern, particularly for farmers. Bees appear to be dying off due to many factors, including pests, pollutants, disease, pesticides, and loss of habitat. The losses in population threaten food production around the world because bees are important pollinators that help farmers produce a variety of crops such as fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
Text 2
Low populations of native bees can negatively affect some farmers' crops, a problem that migratory beekeeping helps to address. Farmers hire migratory beekeepers to bring bees to their fields. These beekeepers earn income from renting out their hives to farms and orchards and spend months driving around the country with their colonies in stackable hives. When the bees are released, they pollinate everything from almond and cherry trees to blueberries and pumpkins.
Which sentence best combines the main, or central, ideas of both texts?

Answer 1

The decline of global bee populations poses a significant threat to food production, but migratory beekeeping offers a solution by providing farmers with essential pollination services through the rental of hives to support various crops.