You are presented with the question "What step are bees essential in during the sexual reproduction of plants?" and the following answer choices: 
- pre-flowering
 - death
 - fertilization
 - Energy.
 - food and shelter
 - hydration
 - Animal survival
 - survival

Now knowing that pollination is the fertilization step in the sexual reproduction of plants and bees are absolutely essential for pollination, choose the best answer.


 

   fertilization      