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A-LevelEconomicsDemand and SupplyMay/June 2025Paper 1 Q101 Mark

Farmers want to extract wild honey from beehives. They find the beehives by following birds known as honeyguide birds who want the beeswax that is also found in the beehives. What does this suggest?

AFarmers and honeyguide birds are rival consumers.
BWild honey and beeswax are free goods.
CWild honey and beeswax are in joint supply.
DWild honey is the opportunity cost of beeswax.

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2025 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Demand and Supply and is worth 1 mark.

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