What is the association between the bumble bee and its favourite orchid Ophrys? How would extinction or change of one affect the other?
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The association between the bumblebee and its favourite orchid Ophrys is of Commensalism.
In this type of association, the petals of a flower look like a female bee in size and shape.
As a result, the male bee gets attracted to it and pseudocopulates with the flower to get pollen dust from it.
Therefore, the pollen gets transported through a male bee to another flower and the male bee is a sort of pollinator for it.
The extinction or change of one would certainly affect the other as if there are lesser bees, pollination may suffer and the orchid population may get decreased.
On the other hand, if there are fewer orchids then bees may not be able to transfer the pollen.
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