Seed Update #2

Three weeks ago we transplanted our black bean plants into the garden.  The plants have grown significantly since the last time we had visited them, two weeks ago.  Now there are tiny, white flowers blooming from the bean plants.  Sunlight, water, and nutrients from the soil all contribute to the energy the bean plants need to grow. The Phaseolus Vulgaris is considered a producer according to the trophic scale because it provides consumers with food to eat.  On the ecological pyramid it would be placed at the bottom because that is where all producers placed on that specific kind of pyramid.  I saw a bee collecting pollen from one of our bean plants and it made me realize that the plant really is a producer because the bee is consuming the pollen produced by the plant.  The trophic level of the bee would be first level consumer  and producer because with that pollen the bee could make honey.