Question

Honey Bee performs round dance to indicate food source. The distance between hive and food source is

• A. 50 m
• B. 100 m
• C. 1000 m
• D. 2000 m.

Answer 1

The correct option is A 50 m

HONEY BEE CHARACTERISTICS

$\to$ $15$mm long

$\to$ Body is segmented into stinges, legs, antena, three segments of thorax, six segments of abdomen

$\to$ Thorax of the bee consists of wings, legs and mucles that control their movement.

$\to$ In each colony, one egg laying queen is present who produces $2000$ eggs a day.

$\to$ Adult workers tend the larvae inside the cells.

$\to$ Drones(male bees) mate with the queen, after which they die.

$\to$ They follow haplodiploidy.

$\to$ Lifespan is about $4$ months for ever wintering drones. However the average lifespan is about $5-6$ weaks or $1-2$ months.

Honey bees communicate through dance language:-

$1)$ Waggle dance when food is $150$ to $200$ metres away

$2)$ Round dance when food source is $25$ to $50$ metres away.

Correct option A.