Bees use nectar from the flowers of plants as food. As they collect nectar, dustlike pollen grains stick to their body. When they move from flower to flower, pollen is transferred to other flowers. The pollen from other flowers helps the plant make seeds.

Which term describes the relationship between bees and flowering plants?

A.
parasitism

B.
mutualism

C.
competition

D.
commensalism

Question

Bees use nectar from the flowers of plants as food. As they collect nectar, dustlike pollen grains stick to their body. When they move from flower to flower, pollen is transferred to other flowers. The pollen from other flowers helps the plant make seeds.
 
Which term describes the relationship between bees and flowering plants?
  

 
 A.
parasitism
 
 B.
mutualism
 
 C.
competition
 
 D.
commensalism

elcna · Answer

I believe it's B. :)

k_lynn · Answer

I just did this today :) elcna is right, the answer is b because mutualism  is a +/+ relationship...that means that both of the organisms benefit.

anonymous · Answer

^ thanks :) can you just check my next one

k_lynn · Answer

yep, sure.