[Video] Q45: The passage most strongly suggests that beekeepers’ attempts to fight mite infestations with commercially produced insecticides have what unintentional effect?

Explanation for Question 45 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

Question 45 says the passage most strongly suggest that beekeepers attempts to fight might 2 infestations with commercially produced insecticides have what unintentional effects. 3 So we can find evidence referencing insecticides in this 4 third paragraph here. And the sentence says, 5 in addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally, 6 deficient bees, maybe further weakened when commercially produced insecticides 7 are introduced into their hives by beekeepers, 8 in an effort to fight my infestations. 9 So basically all this is saying is that the use of these commercially produced 10 insecticides to fight my infestation might actually end up being 11 detrimental to already weakened bees. 12 So let's look at the answer choices and see which one best expresses 13 that idea. 14 So if we look at answer choice a, it says they increase certain mite 15 populations. This is going to be incorrect because nowhere does 16 it say that these insecticides don't work in decreasing the mite populations. 17 It just says that it might be very harmful to the bees. 18 So then if we look at answer choice B, 19 it says they kill some beneficial forms of bacteria. 20 So that would imply kind of a positive unintentional effect. 21 Whereas what's being stated in the passage is a negative unintentional effect. 22 So that's why answer choice B is wrong. If we look at answer choice 23 C, it says they destroy bees, primary food source. 24 So this one's going to be incorrect. If we're thinking of bees, 25...