Question

The life span of a honey bee drone is

• A. 4 - 5 months
• B. 1 - 3 months
• C. 6 - 7 months
• D. 10 - 12 months

Answer 1

The correct option is B 1 - 3 months

Honey bees are grouped into three caste fertile queen, sterile female or worker and drones or male for mating. Drones (male bees) are the largest bees in the colony. each hive consists 200- 300 drones and they do not perform useful work for the hive. Drones live for a very short period of about 1 - 2 months. Thus, the correct answer is option B.