DISCUSSION: Gould’s research is described on lines 26-29 and lines 58-64. Before answering this question, you should read over those two areas to get all the information on Gould. That will let you more easily recognize the right answer.
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- This answer is a weird mishmash of ideas. Gould said:
* Bees don’t need odor (lines 26-29). This applies to all cases.
* In some cases, honeybees will refuse foragers’ instructions if the instructions tell the bees to go to a place flowers wouldn’t normally grow.This answer just merges those two facts into a weird Frankenstein’s answer: “no odor = I’ll go where I want! I’m a strong, independent bee!”
That’s not at all what Gould said. If you were tempted by this answer, you should reread the relevant lines of the passage before looking at answer choices. - This is a trap. Lines 58-64 say that the foragers did go to the boat. It was their nestmates who refused to go.
- Gould didn’t mention experienced vs. non-experienced foragers. In fact I don’t believe either passage made this distinction anywhere.
- CORRECT. This is supported by the information in both passages. Lines 26-29 show that foragers can send bees to sites the forager has not visited. And lines 58-64 show that the bees wouldn’t follow the foragers’ instructions to go to the boat, even though the forager had been to the boat.
- It is ants that leave trails. This answer is trying to confuse you by referencing line 36.
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