Question

Beeswax is a natural wax

• A. Produced by the worker bees
• B. Produced by the drone bees
• C. Produced by the queen bee
• D. Present in the honey

Answer 1

The correct option is A Produced by the 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.