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
All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.
All the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.
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 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.
More than 90 percent of bumblebees collected close to apiaries were infected with black queen cell virus.
The evidence from the text that best supports the inference that honeybees—not bumblebees—are responsible for infecting the studied flowers is:
- All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.
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 the infected flowers researchers picked and tested were close to apiaries.
2. All of the honeybees researchers collected were infected with both viruses.
These pieces of evidence suggest that the infected flowers were in close proximity to the apiaries where honeybees reside, and that all of the honeybees collected were carrying both viruses. This points to honeybees as the likely source of the infection for the flowers.