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.

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Responses

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.

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.

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

People have been planting more flowers in an attempt to save

Answer 1

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

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

These statements suggest a connection between the presence of commercial honeybees and the virus accumulation in the environment where wild bumblebees forage.