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?

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

(Please help I've been stuck on this question for half an hour)

Pseudo copulation may be defined as the method of copulation that resemble with the copulation process but does not involve the union of reproductive organs of male and female.

The bee orchid flower has petals that resemble with the female bees. The mimicry of orchid flower helps in identification of male bees of the bee orchid flower as fraud and can mate with real bee. The mating between the bees will pass their genes to their offspring. This type of copulation known as pseudo copulation.

Thus, the correct answer is option (B).

jeterlawncare jeterlawncare · Answer 2 · 2022-05-20T23:03:22+02:00

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20-05-2022

Answer:

Male bees that can identify the bee orchid flowers as frauds will mate with real bees and pass on their genes to offspring.

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