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The bee orchid has flower petals that are furry and colored to resemble female bees. They attract male bees that wish to mate with the female bee imposters, resulting in pollination of the orchid flower. How would the bee orchid flowers' mimicry affect bee survival?

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Answer:

the answer is c

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The choices for the above question are:

A. Female bees that can pollinate the bee orchid flowers will be able to eliminate competition for mates and produce more offspring.
B. Female bees that resemble the bee orchids will attract more male bees than the flowers and will be able to produce offspring.
C. Male bees that can identify the bee orchid flowers as frauds will mate with real bees and pass on their genes to offspring.
D. Male bees that mate with the bee orchid flowers will be more reproductively successful because they will have practice mating.

In my opinion, the answer to your question is C. Male bees that can identify the bee orchid flowers as frauds will mate with real bees and pass on their genes to offspring. I hope that this is the answer that you were looking for and it has helped you.
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