Question

The drones in honey bees are

• A. Sterile male
• B. Fertile male
• C. Sterile female
• D. Fertile female

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Fertile male

The correct option is B

The explanation for the correct option:

1. A fertile male honey bee is known as a drone.
2. Drones, unlike female worker bees, do not have stingers.
3. They don't collect nectar or pollen and can't survive without the help of worker bees.
4. The only purpose of a drone is to mate with a queen that hasn't been fertilized.

The explanation for the incorrect options:

Option A:

Sterile males are worker bees that lack the complete reproductive capacity of the colony's Queen bee.

Option C:

1. Sterile female honey bees are also called worker bees who perform the majority of the colony's labor.
2. Fertilized eggs are deposited in regular horizontal cells and develop into females.
3. All other work is done by worker bees except reproduction.

Option D:

1. Queen honey bees are fertile female honey bees.
2. Because sterile female worker bees are unable to make an egg.
3. As a result, the reproductive female reigns supreme.
4. The queen is the hive's adult female and the mother of all bees.

Final Answer: The drones in honey bees are fertile male.