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The Disappearing Honeybee
Have you seen or heard a honeybee lately? Bees are mysteriously disappearing in many parts of the world. Most people don’t know about this problem. It is called “colony collapse disorder” (CCD). Some North American beekeepers lost 80% of their hives from 2006-2008. Bees in Italy and Australia are disappearing too.
The disappearance of the honeybee is a serious problem. Can you imagine never eating another blueberry? What about almonds and cherries? Without honeybees food prices will skyrocket. The poorest people always suffer the worst when there is a lack of food.
This problem affects other foods besides fresh produce. Imagine losing your favourite ice cream! Haagen Daaz is a famous ice cream company. Many of their flavours rely on the hard working honeybee. In 2008, Haagen Daaz began raising money for CCD. They also funded a garden at the University of California called The Haven. This garden helps raise awareness about the disappearing honeybee and teaches visitors how to plant for pollinators.
Donating money to research is the most important thing humans can do to save the honeybee. Some scientists blame CCD on climate change. Others think pesticides are killing the bees. Commercial bee migration may also cause CCD. Beekeepers transport their hives from place to place in order to pollinate plants year round.
https://www.englishclub.com/reading/environment/honeybee.htm
Analyze the sentences according to structure and grammar use.
1. The underlined words in the following sentence: “ The poorest people always suffer the worst when there is a lack of food.”, are examples of adjectives in the comparative of superiority degree.
2. In the sentence:” Imagine losing your favourite ice cream!”, the underlined word is a noun.
3. The words in bold in the text: ‘they’ and ‘our’ are pronouns.
4. The word ‘hives’ has the following definition: a container for housing honeybees.
Choose the alternative which contains all the correct affirmatives: