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Honeybees eat nectar found in flowers. In the process of gathering nectar, bees carry pollen from flower to flower. This allows the flowering plants to reproduce. Based on this information, what is the best classification for the relationship between honeybees and flowering plants?

commensalism


parasitism


mutualism


competition
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Honeybees eat nectar found in flowers. In the process of gathering nectar, bees carry-example-1
User Dagan
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It should be mutualism

Both the flower and the bees benefit from this interaction.

Commensalism is when one benefits and the other is not affected (no harm, no benefits)

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