What evidence from the text supports the inference that commercial honeybees may be responsible for leaving virus deposits on flowers? Select the two correct answers.

Question

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Responses

Pesticides and shrinking habitat due to climate change may both contribute to wild bee decline.
Pesticides and shrinking habitat due to climate change may both contribute to wild bee decline.

People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save the honeybees.
People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save the honeybees.

Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants.
Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants.

Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives.
Bumblebees have not been observed entering commercial honeybee hives.

Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies.

Answer 1

The two correct answers that support the inference that commercial honeybees may be responsible for leaving virus deposits on flowers are:

1. Honeybees play a significant role in pollinating flowers and commercial plants.
2. Wild bumblebees pick up more viruses the closer they forage to honeybee colonies.

These statements indicate the relationship between honeybees and the spread of viruses, suggesting that their activity can lead to contamination of flowers.