Question

Researchers claimed they found a relationship between bumblebee infections and how close the bumblebees were to honeybee apiaries. What evidence from the text best supports this analysis?






the fact that all the honeybee apiaries researchers tested were infected with both viruses
the percentage of flowers that tested positive for viruses and their proximity to apiaries
the percentage of bumblebees infected base on their proximity to apiaries
the fact that there was a difference between the two types of viruses researchers tested

Answer 1

the percentage of bumblebees infected based on their proximity to apiaries

This directly links bumblebee infection rates to distance from honeybee apiaries, which is the relationship claimed.