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What evidence from the text best supports the inference that advice to people who want to help bees will continue to change over time?

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From the urban gardeners to rural farmers, people have been encouraged to plant more bee-friendly flowers.
From the urban gardeners to rural farmers, people have been encouraged to plant more bee-friendly flowers.

Keeping more bees and planting more flowers may be contributing to the spread of diseases among human-managed and wild bees.
Keeping more bees and planting more flowers may be contributing to the spread of diseases among human-managed and wild bees.

Alger is still investigating whether increasing plant diversity or culling certain plants could help decrease disease transmission.
Alger is still investigating whether increasing plant diversity or culling certain plants could help decrease disease transmission.

It is likely that disease spread is going both ways, so even if diseases in commercial bees are eliminated wild bees could potentially reinfect them.

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The evidence from the text that best supports the inference that advice to people who want to help bees will continue to change over time is:

Alger is still investigating whether increasing plant diversity or culling certain plants could help decrease disease transmission.

This suggests ongoing research and the possibility of evolving recommendations based on new findings.