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"Are Commercial Honey Bees Making Wild Bees Sick?" by Berly McCoy
All of the honeybee colonies tested by the researchers were positive for both viruses, an unfortunate but common occurrence for commercial colonies. But the number of wild bumblebees carrying viruses varied depending on the proximity to the domesticated hives. There was also variation between the two viruses. More 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. The 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. When 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.
 

Which piece of evidence from the passage best supports the conclusion that proximity to honeybee apiaries affects the spread of deformed wing virus among bumblebees?
(1 point)
Responses
"All of the honeybee colonies tested by the researchers were positive for both viruses."
"All of the honeybee colonies tested by the researchers were positive for both viruses."
 "More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries carried black queen cell virus."
 "More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries carried black queen cell virus."
"Twenty percent of bumblebees foraging close to apiaries carried the virus on their outsides and 10 percent had active infections."
"Twenty percent of bumblebees foraging close to apiaries carried the virus on their outsides and 10 percent had active infections."
 "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."

Answer 1

The piece of evidence from the passage that best supports the conclusion that proximity to honeybee apiaries affects the spread of deformed wing virus among bumblebees is:

"Twenty percent of bumblebees foraging close to apiaries carried the virus on their outsides and 10 percent had active infections."

This statement directly indicates the connection between the presence of honeybee apiaries and the incidence of deformed wing virus in bumblebees, highlighting that the closer bumblebees are to apiaries, the more likely they are to be infected with the virus.