What Is It Called When Bees Suddenly and Mysteriously Abandon

question 28

Multiple Choice

What is it called when bees suddenly and mysteriously abandon their queen and many living larvae, despite abundant stored pollen and honey?

• A) colony emigration
• B) colony immigration
• C) colony collapse disorder
• D) colony convergence
• E) colony divergence

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Definitions:

Babbling

A stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering articulate sounds but does not yet produce any recognizable words.

Cultures

The shared practices, values, beliefs, institutions, and objects of groups of people that are passed down from generation to generation.

Infants

Very young children, especially those under one year of age, who are in the early stages of development.

Syntax

The set of rules that govern the structure of sentences in a language, dictating how words are combined to convey meaning.