Question

Select the correct statements regarding honeybees.
(i) The queen bee and the worker bees develop from fertilised eggs and are sexually females.
(ii) Males (drones) develop parthenogenetically. from unfertilised eggs.
(iii) Queen bee feeds upon royal jelly and the worker bees feed upon bee bread.

• A. (i) and (ii)
• B. (ii) and (iii)
• C. (i) and (iii)
• D. (i), (ii) and (iii)

Answer 1

The correct option is D (i), (ii) and (iii)

The female queen bee produces new offspring by laying eggs that have been fertilized by sperm from male drones. These drones are raised in cells that are significantly larger than the cells used for workers. A type of asexual reproduction in which egg develops without fertilization to form a new individual. If parthenogenesis (type of asexual reproduction in which egg develops without fertilization to form a new individual)takes place in bees, a drone or male bee is produced. Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of larvae, as well as adult queens. It is secreted from the glands in the hypo-pharynx of nurse bees while the worker bees are fed the bee bread. As a result of the difference in diet, the queen will develop into a sexually mature female, unlike the worker bees. Queens are raised in specially constructed queen cells.

So, the correct option is '(i), (ii) and (iii)'.