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

The team then measured the number of viruses stuck to each bee. Just because an animal has a virus on its outside doesn’t mean it has an infection. You may have touched your friend’s influenza-soaked tissue, but washed your hands before the flu infected you. So the researchers also tested each bee for virus genetic material, which is only made once the virus infects a host.



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Question
Use the paragraph to answer the question.

Which details would be most important to include in a summary of this paragraph? Select the two correct answers.

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Scientists measured the number of viruses stuck to each bee.
Scientists measured the number of viruses stuck to each bee.

Scientists tested each bee for virus genetic material.
Scientists tested each bee for virus genetic material.

A person can touch a tissue that has flu viruses on it without getting infected.
A person can touch a tissue that has flu viruses on it without getting infected.

A bee makes virus genetic material after it gets infected.
A bee makes virus genetic material after it gets infected.

A bee having a virus on its outside does not mean it is infected.

Answer 1

- Scientists measured the number of viruses stuck to each bee.
- Scientists tested each bee for virus genetic material.