When bees build a new hive composed of hexagonal honeycomb “rooms,” they must build precisely the correct number to house the population of bees that will immediately inhabit the new hive. If there are too few rooms, some younger bees would be displaced and would freeze or starve outside the hive. If there are too many rooms, some bees would instinctively fight to the death to conquer the extra space.
Which of the following conclusions can correctly be inferred from this data?
A
From the bees’ hive-building behavior, the number of rooms in the largest hive that a particular colony of bees could build can theoretically be determined.
B
Trees on which hives are built have no properties that can affect the number of rooms of the hive built on them.
C
Bees learn how many rooms can be built in a hive from experience.
D
Building too many rooms in the hive would kill bees more quickly than building too few.
deaths.
E
Builder bees determine the number of rooms to be built by the chemical scent of individual resident bees.
Which of the following conclusions can correctly be inferred from this data?
A
From the bees’ hive-building behavior, the number of rooms in the largest hive that a particular colony of bees could build can theoretically be determined.
B
Trees on which hives are built have no properties that can affect the number of rooms of the hive built on them.
C
Bees learn how many rooms can be built in a hive from experience.
D
Building too many rooms in the hive would kill bees more quickly than building too few.
deaths.
E
Builder bees determine the number of rooms to be built by the chemical scent of individual resident bees.
