Honeybees Have Been Declining at Dramatic Rates in the Last

question 24

Multiple Choice

Honeybees have been declining at dramatic rates in the last few years. Colony collapse disorder has been linked to a virus and results in hives completely emptied of bees among both wild populations and domestic hives. Recently, scientists have suggested that infected bees may contaminate flowers that they visit and thus spread the disease. This is an example of a

• A) clumped distribution.
• B) density-dependent factor.
• C) random factor.
• D) density-independent factor.
• E) biotic potential.

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