Each fall, a gardener collects the fruit from her rose bushes (called rose hips) to make tea, jelly, and syrup. She noticed that the yellow rose plants always form more rose hips than the red-flowered plants of the same size and location. Because both plants have similar number of flowers in spring and both make rose hips, the difference between these two is not due to flowering rate or fertility. There must be some other factor that contributes to the formation of rose hips between these two plants. The gardener does a little reading and finds that one of the main pollinators of roses is honeybees. The gardener then counts the number of bees visiting the flowers and finds that they land on yellow flowers five times more frequently than on red ones. Which of the following conclusions might she draw from these results?

Question

Butterflies removed the nectar from the yellow roses.

Yellow roses make better-tasting tea.

Japanese beetles ate the red rose hips.

Something about the yellow color of the roses attracts bees.

Answer 1

The conclusion the gardener might draw from these results is: "Something about the yellow color of the roses attracts bees."

This conclusion is supported by her observation that honeybees land on yellow flowers five times more frequently than on red ones, which likely contributes to the increased formation of rose hips in the yellow roses. The other options provided do not directly relate to the gardener's observations or findings.