The following is a food chain that ends with human :
plants `to` bee `to` human
(a) Explain how plants provide food for bees.
(b) How do bees provide food for humans ?
(c) How does this food chain differ from a usual food chain involving human such as : plants `to` goat `to` human ?
(d) Do you think that the food chain given in this question can really be regarded as a food chain ? Explain your answer.

Answer

(a) Bees suck nectar from flowers of plants (b) Bees provide honey as food (c) In this food chain, human eats the product obtained (honey) from bees, he does not eat the bees directly. On the other hand , in the food chain, plants `to` goat `to` human, the human eats the meat of goat directly (d) No. Because the human does not obtain food by eating the bees directly