Honey bees 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(n)
A) clumped distribution.
B) density-dependent factor.
C) random factor.
D) density independent factor.
E) biotic potential.

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The spread of the virus through contaminated flowers is a density-dependent factor, meaning that it is influenced by the density of the bee population. As more bees become infected, the likelihood of them contaminating flowers and spreading the virus increases, leading to a greater decline in the bee population.

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