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3."Are Commercial Honeybees Making Wild Bees Sick?"
by Berly McCoy

If human-managed bees and bee-friendly flowers are acting as hotspots for pathogens, keeping more bees and planting more flowers may be contributing to the steep losses in commercial pollinators seen in the U.S. each year, as well as fueling the decline of wild bees. The more that bees are transported and concentrated for larger-scale pollination events, the more opportunities for diseases to spread.

And it’s not just a one-way street.

“It’s likely the transmission is going both ways,” said Scott McArt, a pollinator ecologist at Cornell University who was not involved in the study. Even if diseases in commercial bees are eliminated, new infections from the wild bee population, which are known to harbor pathogens, could spill back into managed populations, making disease eradication even tougher than it is now.

From the urban gardener to the rural farmer, people are encouraged to grow “bee-friendly” plants.

“But in some cases you might actually be increasing disease levels when you plant those flowers,” said Sheila Colla, a conservation biologist at York University who was not involved in the study. “Maybe we need to have a [buffer] area without flowers to stop diseases from spreading to wild bees.”

Nobody is suggesting we stop planting flowers altogether. “We know that habitat loss is already a big problem for bees,” said Alger. Instead, she’s now investigating if increasing plant diversity, or culling certain plants could help decrease disease transmission.

She added that beekeepers and farmers need to take a long, hard look at how they are managing bees.



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Question
Use the article excerpt to answer the question.

What text evidence supports the statement that human actions are harming bees? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

The author claimed beekeepers and farmers need to think more deeply about how they are managing bees.
The author claimed beekeepers and farmers need to think more deeply about how they are managing bees.

The author claimed that when bees are moved around to pollinate farms, there is a greater chance for diseases to spread.
The author claimed that when bees are moved around to pollinate farms, there is a greater chance for diseases to spread.

A pollinator ecologist claimed disease transmission goes both ways between human-managed bees and wild bees.
A pollinator ecologist claimed disease transmission goes both ways between human-managed bees and wild bees.

A conservation biologist claimed that planting bee-friendly flowers might actually increase disease levels.
A conservation biologist claimed that planting bee-friendly flowers might actually increase disease levels.

A researcher claimed habitat loss is already a major issue for bees.
2."Wilberforce 1789 abolition speech"
by William Wilberforce

The number of deaths speaks for itself, and makes all such enquiry superfluous. As soon as ever I had arrived thus far in my investigation of the slave trade, I confess to you sir, so enormous so dreadful, so irremediable did its wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for the abolition.



William Wilberforce's 1789 Abolition Speech

Question
Use the speech excerpt to answer the question.

How does the word choice in this paragraph impact readers?

(1 point)
Responses

It uses a fallacious statement to persuade them.
It uses a fallacious statement to persuade them.

It gives them something to consider logically.
It gives them something to consider logically.

It engages their sense of ethics.
It engages their sense of ethics.

It appeals to their emotions.
1.Use the dialogue to answer the question.

Student 1: This is easily the best book I’ve ever read. It was a groundbreaking success.
Student 2: I didn’t enjoy it at all. The story felt aimless and way too long. I don’t know how anyone could like it.

Which response from Student 3 would best propel this discussion?

(1 point)
Responses

“Should we talk about a different book since we don’t all agree about this one?”
“Should we talk about a different book since we don’t all agree about this one?”

“We can check the reviews online if we want to find out who is right.”
“We can check the reviews online if we want to find out who is right.”

“Let’s talk about the specific strengths and weaknesses everyone saw in the book.”
“Let’s talk about the specific strengths and weaknesses everyone saw in the book.”

“Who was everyone’s favorite character in the book?”

Answer 1

1.
- The author claimed that when bees are moved around to pollinate farms, there is a greater chance for diseases to spread.
- A conservation biologist claimed that planting bee-friendly flowers might actually increase disease levels.

2.
- It engages their sense of ethics.

3.
- “Let’s talk about the specific strengths and weaknesses everyone saw in the book.”