The honeybee is important to US agriculture for honey and because bees pollinate crops all over the country. However, a certain kind of mite is threatening agricultural pollination by weakening and even destroying bee colonies. This mite attaches itself to bees and weakens them by sucking their vital fluids. In this way, the mite spreads RNA viruses to the bees.

Question

The threat to honeybees described above is a threat from
A.
predation.
B.
parasitism.
C.
mutualism.
D.
commensalism.

Answer 1

B. parasitism.