Sure! Please provide the questions you would like me to answer based on the excerpt.
Use the article excerpt below to answer the questions
"Are Commercial Honeybees Making Wild Bees Sick?"
by Berly McCoy
Everyone wants to save the bees. But as populations decline every year, we may be saving them to death.
Human efforts to breed more of these insects in artificial beehives and plant more flowers may seem the obvious way to stave off heavy losses.
New research shows the answer is not that clear cut, because viruses may be spilling over from commercial honeybee colonies into wild bee populations, according to a study from the University of Vermont
published Wednesday in PLOS One. Like honeybees, which are invaluable for agriculture, wild bumblebees also play a significant role in crop pollination. Though people are more familiar with honeybee die-offs such as with colony collapse disorder - wild bumblebees have been struggling too. A handful of bumblebee species have declined by up to 96 percent in the U.S., according to the National Agricultural Library's website.
The causes have been largely understudied, although pesticides, infectious disease and shrinking habitat due to climate change have been suspected, said Samantha Alger, an ecologist from the University of Vermont who led the new research. Filling in one piece of the puzzle, the study revealed wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to managed honeybee colonies. But if bumblebees don't venture into the commercial hives, how are they picking up viruses?
Flowers have been suspected as reservoirs for bee viruses, but no researcher had linked virus deposits on flowers to bumblebee infections in the wild until this study. And the results could have implications for how we lend our inter-species help.
11 answers
1. What evidence from the text best supports the analysis that human actions are related to bumblebee decline?
(1 point)
the claim that people may be saving the bees to death
the question about how wild bees pick up viruses if they do not enter managed honeybee colonies
the fact that people have tried to breed more bees
the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees
(1 point)
the claim that people may be saving the bees to death
the question about how wild bees pick up viruses if they do not enter managed honeybee colonies
the fact that people have tried to breed more bees
the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees
The evidence from the text that best supports the analysis that human actions are related to bumblebee decline is the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees. This implies a direct connection between human-managed honeybee populations and the decline in wild bumblebee health.
1. What evidence from the text best supports the analysis that human actions are related to bumblebee decline?
(1 point)
the claim that people may be saving the bees to death
the question about how wild bees pick up viruses if they do not enter managed honeybee colonies
the fact that people have tried to breed more bees
the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees
(1 point)
the claim that people may be saving the bees to death
the question about how wild bees pick up viruses if they do not enter managed honeybee colonies
the fact that people have tried to breed more bees
the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees
The evidence from the text that best supports the analysis that human actions are related to bumblebee decline is the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees. This indicates a direct link between the management of honeybee populations by humans and the health of wild bumblebee populations, suggesting that human activities may be contributing to the decline of wild bees.
2. The article claimed that actions humans take to help honeybees may harm wild bumblebees.
What best describes the type of evidence used in this section to support that claim?
(1 point)
The author made specific claims based on a scientific study.
The author gave a detailed description of how viruses live and spread.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
The author described the type of study scientists used to assess the problem.
What best describes the type of evidence used in this section to support that claim?
(1 point)
The author made specific claims based on a scientific study.
The author gave a detailed description of how viruses live and spread.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
The author described the type of study scientists used to assess the problem.
The best description of the type of evidence used in this section to support the claim that actions humans take to help honeybees may harm wild bumblebees is The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study. This is because the article discusses the study's results regarding the spillover of viruses from commercial honeybee colonies to wild bumblebees, directly relating to the claim.
2.The article claimed that actions humans take to help honeybees may harm wild bumblebees.
What best describes the type of evidence used in this section to support that claim?
(1 point)
The author made specific claims based on a scientific study.
The author gave a detailed description of how viruses live and spread.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
The author described the type of study scientists used to assess the problem.
What best describes the type of evidence used in this section to support that claim?
(1 point)
The author made specific claims based on a scientific study.
The author gave a detailed description of how viruses live and spread.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
The author described the type of study scientists used to assess the problem.
The best description of the type of evidence used in this section to support the claim that actions humans take to help honeybees may harm wild bumblebees is The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study. This accurately reflects how the research revealed the connection between commercial honeybee colonies and the viral infections in wild bumblebees.
3. What evidence from the text best supports the inference that people have been more concerned with the health of honeybees than wild bumblebees in recent years? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Some species of bumblebees have declined up to 96 percent locally.
Bumblebee die-offs may be increasing because of efforts to save honeybees.
People are more familiar with honeybee die-offs.
New research shows that honeybee diseases may be spilling over to wild bumblebees.
The causes of bumblebee die-offs have been largely understudied.
(1 point)
Some species of bumblebees have declined up to 96 percent locally.
Bumblebee die-offs may be increasing because of efforts to save honeybees.
People are more familiar with honeybee die-offs.
New research shows that honeybee diseases may be spilling over to wild bumblebees.
The causes of bumblebee die-offs have been largely understudied.
The two pieces of evidence from the text that best support the inference that people have been more concerned with the health of honeybees than wild bumblebees in recent years are:
- People are more familiar with honeybee die-offs.
- The causes of bumblebee die-offs have been largely understudied.
These points indicate that there is greater awareness and concern for honeybee issues compared to the less studied and less acknowledged challenges facing wild bumblebees.