Are Commercial Honeybees Making Wild Bees Sick?"by Berly McCoyIf 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.1 of 2QuestionUse 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

Answer 1

The two pieces of text evidence that support the statement that human actions are harming bees are:

1. "If human-managed bees and bee-friendly flowers are acting as hotspots for pathogens..."
2. "The more that bees are transported and concentrated for larger-scale pollination events, the more opportunities for diseases to spread."

These statements highlight how human management of bees and the cultivation of flowers are contributing to the spread of pathogens, which negatively affects both commercial and wild bee populations.