Use the article excerpt below to answer the question.
What evidence from the text best supports the analysis that human actions are related to bumblebee decline?
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the fact that people have tried to breed more bees
the fact that people have tried to breed more bees
the question about how wild bees pick up viruses if they do not enter managed honeybee colonies
the question about how wild bees pick up viruses if they do not enter managed honeybee colonies
the claim that people may be saving the bees to death
the claim that people may be saving the bees to death
the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees
the study that shows viruses may be spilling over from commercial hives to wild bees
Use the article excerpt below to answer the question.
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?
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The author described the type of study scientists used to assess the problem.
The author described the type of study scientists used to assess the problem.
The author made specific claims based on a scientific study.
The author made specific claims based on a scientific study.
The author gave a detailed description of how viruses live and spread.
The author gave a detailed description of how viruses live and spread.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
The author provided detailed findings from a scientific study.
Use the article excerpt to answer the question.
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.
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People are more familiar with honeybee die-offs.
People are more familiar with honeybee die-offs.
Some species of bumblebees have declined up to 96 percent locally.
Some species of bumblebees have declined up to 96 percent locally.
Bumblebee die-offs may be increasing because of efforts to save honeybees.
Bumblebee die-offs may be increasing because of efforts to save honeybees.
New research shows that honeybee diseases may be spilling over to wild bumblebees.
New research shows that honeybee diseases may be spilling over to wild bumblebees.
The causes of bumblebee die-offs have been largely understudied.
Some species of bumblebees have declined up to 96 percent locally.
Bumblebee die-offs may be increasing because of efforts to save honeybees.
Use the article excerpt to answer the 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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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 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.
All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.
All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.
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 the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.
More bumblebees foraging close to apiaries had viruses on their outsides than had active infections.
All of the bumblebees infected with deformed wing virus were close to apiaries.
Use the article excerpt to answer the question.
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.
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.
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.
Keeping more bees and planting more flowers may be contributing to the spread of diseases among human-managed and wild bees.