Read the question then search for the answer as the 1st question is generally at the start of the text so on...
If the question is about business enterprise, the answer should be Corporations.
It lets the reader know that the authors are going to describe how honey relates to the story of sugar. It uses a problem and solution structure to show how people got honey without searching for bees.
Change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally.