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 sex determination in a honey bee is based on the number of sets of chromosomes an individual receives. An offspring formed from the union of a sperm and an egg develops as a female (queen or worker), and an unfertilised egg develops as a male (drone) through parthenogenesis.

Royal jelly is a protein-rich food secreted by hypopharyngeal glands of young workers for feeding the queen.

Beebread is formed with the help of fresh pollen gathered by honey bees in their foraging trips. They take it into the hive and pack the granules into empty comb cells, mixing them with nectar and digestive fluids and sealing the cell with a drop of honey.