Practice Summary

This article, "The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook", by Susan Dominus is¹ published by NY Times on November 29, 2010. It says that the bees which raised¹ in Red Hook, Brooklyn has² been showing sign³ of a brilliant red color instead of amber on their honey stomach as well as on their honeycomb. One of the beekeepers send¹ a sample of these red substance to test and find¹ out that they are¹ riddled with Red Dye No. 40.  It says that these bees might be drinking the maraschino cherry juice from the closed by⁴ factory, Dell’s Maraschino Cherries Company, instead of the natural fruits and vegetables on the farmland. The owner, Arthur Mondella, of the company⁵ hired Andrew CotE, the leader of the New York City Beekeepers Association, to help to find a solution. Mr. CotE says that the bees are¹ as troublesome to the company as the Red Dye No 40 is¹ to the beekeepers. According to Mr. CotE, this problem can₁ be solved by either putting up screens or having closer sweet nectar. It is part of the New York project to find a solution to this maraschino juice bee problem.

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Good job of summarizing this article!  In terms of grammar, note that the verbs should be in a past form.
1.  All the verbs marked with a (1) should be simple past:

• was published
• were raised
• sent
• found
• were riddled
• were
• was
• could

2.  The verb marked with (2)  should be past perfect progressive:  had been showing.
3.  Sign should be plural:  signs.
4.  a factory close by or a nearby factory
5.  The owner of the company, Arthur Mondella.