Weed control is important for honeybee poison prevention.

• A. Pest scouting
• B. Irrigation management
• C. Crop rotation
• D. Weed control

Answer: (D)

Controlling weeds helps protect honeybees from pesticide exposure. Weeds that bloom in and around fields can be foraged by bees, and if those weeds are treated with herbicides or insecticides, the bees may encounter toxic residues in nectar or pollen. Keeping weed populations down reduces the number of flowering plants that could be sprayed or contaminated, and it also makes it easier to time applications to avoid bloom periods. The other practices—pest scouting, irrigation management, and crop rotation—don’t directly reduce bee exposure to pesticides in the foraging areas to the same extent.