Bees have a close, symbiotic relationship with flowers, helping to pollinate and fertilize them. At the same time, the bee uses the flowers’ pollen as a source of food and energy. Which of the following best describes the relationship between bees and flowers?
A- amensalism
B- parasitism
C- mutualism
D- commensalism
I say B

Question

Bees have a close, symbiotic relationship with flowers, helping to pollinate and fertilize them. At the same time, the bee uses the flowers’ pollen as a source of food and energy. Which of the following best describes the relationship between bees and flowers?
A-  amensalism
B-	parasitism
C-	mutualism
D-	commensalism
I say B

anonymous · Answer

@shrutipande9

shrutipande9 · Answer

Parasitism is a non-mutual symbiotic relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.

anonymous · Answer

Ok so B is out

shrutipande9 · Answer

Amensalism, association between organisms of two different species in which one is inhibited or destroyed and the other is unaffected.

anonymous · Answer

A is out

shrutipande9 · Answer

Mutualism is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other.

anonymous · Answer

C

shrutipande9 · Answer

In ecology, commensalism is a class of relationships between two organisms where one organism benefits from the other without affecting it.

shrutipande9 · Answer

woohoo..:D
righto

anonymous · Answer

why not D

anonymous · Answer

an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

shrutipande9 · Answer

bcuz the plant also gets affected...
see the bees get food and the plant pollen are dispersed....sso both get benefitted