Native bumblebees live in grasslands and consume pollen and nectar from flowers. The bumblebees carry pollen from one plant to another. The bees pollinate most but not all the
flowers in their habitat. Amphibians and insects, such as dragonflies, eat bumblebees.
A local resident sets up honeybee hives in the habitat of the bumblebees. Honeybees are a
nonnative species that eat the same food as the bumblebees. Food now becomes a limiting
factor for the bumblebees.
How might the populations of flowers, bumblebees, and dragonflies change after the
introduction of honeybees to the ecosystem?
Flowers will increase, bumblebees will decrease, and dragonfiles will decrease in population size.
Flowers will decrease, bumblebees will decrease and dragonflies will decrease in population size.
Flowers will increase, bumblebees will increase, and dragonflies will increase in population size.
Flowers will decrease, bumblebees will decrease, and dragonflies will increase in population size.