Question

Beeswax is a natural wax produced by ________ .

• A. worker bees
• B. drone bees
• C. queen bee
• D. indigenous bees

Answer 1

The correct option is A worker bees

Beeswax is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. Bees consume honey (6-8 pounds of honey is consumed to produce a pound of wax) causing the special wax-producing glands to convert the sugar into wax which is extruded through small pores. The wax appears as small flakes on the bees' abdomen. The wax is formed into "scales" by wax-producing glands of worker bees, who discard it at the hive.