Bees obtain food they need from flowers. The flowers benefit by having their pollen dispersed by the bees as they travel from flower to flower. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

a.

Commensalism

b.

Mutualism

c.

Parasitism

d.

Predation

Question

Bees obtain food they need from flowers. The flowers benefit by having their pollen dispersed by the bees as they travel from flower to flower. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?



a. 

Commensalism 


b. 

Mutualism 


c. 

Parasitism 


d. 

Predation

anonymous · Answer

This would be mutualism, because both organisms benefit. In commensalism, one benefits without the other being affected. In parasitism, one benefits at the expense of another, and predation is different from all of the above.