Article Title: It's Blackberry Season! Summer Fruits Depend on Pollinators. But Where Have all the Bees Gone?


Vocabulary Questions:


1. The article states, "In addition, some pollinators feed on plant resources outside of flowers." In the context of the article, what might resources refer to?



2. In the article, the answer for question three includes this comment: "Because they use different environmental cues to trigger these biological processes, flowers and bees are now increasingly ‘out of sync’ with each other." Carefully examine the text and make an inference as to what "out of sync" means.