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Question

What evidence from the text best supports the inference that honeybees—not bumblebees—are responsible for infecting the studied flowers? Select the two correct answers.

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Responses

More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus.
More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus.

All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.
All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.

All of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries.
All of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries.

More bumblebees foraging close to apiaries had viruses on their outsides than had active infections.
More bumblebees foraging close to apiaries had viruses on their outsides than had active infections.

All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.

Answer 1

The two pieces of evidence from the text that best support the inference that honeybees—not bumblebees—are responsible for infecting the studied flowers are:

1. All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.
2. All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.

These statements imply that honeybees, which were confirmed to be infected, are likely the source of the infections found in the flowers that were close to the apiaries.