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City councilor: **Some residents argue that permitting beehives on apartment rooftops will increase the number of bee stings suffered by pedestrians below.** This worry is misplaced. Honeybees forage within a predictable radius of their hive and sting almost exclusively when the hive itself is threatened; a bee gathering nectar at street level is no more aggressive toward passersby than a butterfly is. Moreover, cities that legalized rooftop hives a decade ago report no measurable rise in sting-related hospital visits since legalization. Rooftop hives, in any case, sit several stories above the crowds they supposedly menace. **The council therefore should not let fear of stings determine its vote on the rooftop beehive ordinance.**

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

The first is evidence offered in support of the argument's main conclusion; the second is that main conclusion.
The first is a claim that the argument as a whole opposes; the second is the main conclusion of the argument.
The first is the main conclusion of the argument; the second is evidence offered in support of that conclusion.
The first is a concession that the argument accepts as accurate; the second is an intermediate conclusion of the argument.
The first is a claim that the argument as a whole defends; the second is a restatement of that same claim.

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